Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 6. (Budapest, 1963)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM - MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Tóth, Edit: Water-Pots with Gujarati Inscriptions in the Museum

NOTES 1 After having written this study, we noticed an encouraging change in this matter, marked by the publication of ,,The Handicrafts and Industrial Arts of India", Bombay, 1960. by R. J. Mehla: ,,Indian Jewellery, Ornaments and Decorative Designs", Bombay, s. a.; and ,,The Costumes and Textiles of India", Bombay, 1959. by J. B. Bushan and a detailed treatment of Indian pottery in No. 3, XIV (1961) of Marg. 2 M. R. Majmudar: Inscribed Metal-Ware with Mythological Scenes. Bulletin of the Museum and Picture Gallery Baroda. Vol. X—XI (1953 — 55) p. 39. 3 Op. cit. p. 42 — 43. 4 Op. cit. Fig. 1. 5 According to tradition Räma, one of VUnu's incarnations before landing on the island of Lanka, deposited a Ungarn on the modern site of the South Indian Rämesvara temple in honour of Siva. (Ervin Baktay: The Art of India. Budapest, 1958. p. 281.) This legend and the simultaneous use of Vaisnava and Saivya emblems on the cultic objects proves the endeavour to avert strife between the two main sects of Hinduism; this repeated effort is expressed in the saying: „Rúdra and Närayana are but two forms of the same being." (Mahäbhärata, 12, 342, 24.) 6 Op. cit. Fig. 4. 7 Op. cit. p. 47. 8 J. N. Bannerjea: The Development of Hindu Iconograhpy, Calcutta, 1956, p. 481. ,,The club is his special cognisance (he is also known as LaJcupapänisa, i. e., ,,the Lord with a club in his hand")." 9 J. N. Bannerjea: op. cit. p. 478. 11J Ibid. p. 466. 11 A. K. Goomaraswamy: Rajput Painting. Oxford 1916. 12 M. R. Majmudar: op. cit. p. 51. 13 The lofa presented in Fig. 6 does not belong to the collection of the Museum, but is the property of its first Director, Zoltán Felvinczi Takáts. Our thanks are due to him for permission to deal with this object. He received the vessel as a gift from Imre Schwaiger (1864—1940), an art collector of Hungarian descent, living in Delhi at that time. 14 M. R. Majmudar: op. cit. Fig. 2.