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Pavement Porcelain
 The colourful mirrorwork embroidery of Rajasthan
is well known. But much less is known of its delicate
porcelainware. Lovely porcelainware from this distant
desert land have many takers in the city.
Porcelain is made up of natural clay, fire baked and
sometimes coated with a substance called glaze. Bangalore
has a few of these makers of fine porcelain from Rajasthan
who migrated to Karnataka nearly fifteen years ago.
They get the raw materials from Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh and make artistic flowerpots, vases, and
stands, pickle containers and toys of varying sizes.
R A Gulshan Lama who sells these items says, "The paint
over porcelainware remains unspoiled even after 100
years because the paint is heated and then utilized."
"These pots are handmade. No machinery is used either
in  making, designing or coloring of these porcelain
items", says another seller Koshal Lama. He recollects
how a customer bought large quantities of their porcelainware
and sold them in the USA.
These beautiful porcelain items cost between Rs. 25
to 2500. They also undertake orders. Surely this lovely
porcelainware could find a place in your home.
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