Bankura Horses - Terracotta art of Bengal

Bankura horses are tallied around the most renowned crafts of West Bengal. They are utilized for improving and also religious purposes. These alluring stallions, a product of terracotta, can add class to any Bengali drawing room. Actually, you can discover a couple of terracotta stallions in no less than one corner of the Bengali homes. They enhance the mood, as well as stand as a typical representation of imaginative abilities and craftsmanship of West Bengal. Interestingly, on the parcels of the majority of the Indian handiwork sent out abroad, one will discover the logo of the celebrated around the world Bankura horse.

Bankura horses are made utilizing the universal terracotta system. The apparatuses utilized for forming them are made up of bamboo and stones. The figure parts of the stallion are made independently. The four legs, the neck - including two differentiate parts and the face - made up of seven distinctive pieces, all are made separately. The ears and tails of the stallion, likewise made discretely, are externally connected to the next form parts, with dirt glue, and smoothed to give finish. From there on, they are dried in the sun, shaded and smoldered in furnace.

Bankura horses are in 6 inches to 4 feet tall. They have particularly erect neck and ears and look alterable with their wide jaws. The eyebrows portrayed on the temple of the horses are designed with Chandmala, making them look all the more intriguing. Because of their developing prominence, the cutting edge type of Bankura stallions has come up in dokra and wooden structures. Other than Bishnupur, one can additionally get these interesting horses in Biboda, Kamardiha, Jaikrishnapur, Nakaijuri and Keyaboti urban communities of West Bengal.

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