The development of the Indian katar

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Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

Ibrahiim and estcrh,
Thank you for the pictures of katars, of which many are very interesting.
However, personallly I find that such pictures should not stand alone, but be followed by some text explaning abut the age and from where in India the katars come/origin. This way others can lear from the look at a katar how old it is and from where in India it comes.
If only picture are shown and no text to follow, the reader does not get an idea of the development of the katar.

Jens, all of the edited photos from the Met collection on pinterest have the original description attached to the photo, it is nice having some additional info besides a photo, people posting images would just need to include it when they repost. Also on that particular board all of the katar are numbered which is helpful as many are quite similar.

To me it looks like these particular katar could have come from the same workshop/school, the details are amazing. I am not sure how this type of work was passed down in Indian, in Japan for example certain styles were called schools and they produced workmanship that you can recognise even today.


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Indian katars from the collection of the Met Museum, 16th to 17th century, side bar detail views, showing various geometric designs, foliage, birds, fish and yali's (leogryphs), from Thanjavur (formerly Tanjore) in South India. Left to right top, katars #37, #14, #28, #26, #53, #10, #22, #19 Left to right bottom, #44, #43, #47, #38, #39, #27, #25, #18