Ceramic artist Hamro Rakhimova was an incredible master in making clay toys, who lived in Uzbekistan in the early 20th century.
The figures of animals she made of white clay are pure magic. The artist decorated her fantastic creations with red and blue dots using two linked chicken feathers and homemade paint. Despite the static poses, the figures seemed alive.
Her horses, donkeys, lions, sheep and elephants personified the traditional art that has been developing on the territory of Uzbekistan for thousands of years.
A ceramic toy is molded from a single piece of clay and sometimes even has on its surface the fingerprints of the master. Formerly, these little whistles were presented for the Navruz spring festival. It was believed that their whistling drove away evil spirits. In addition, they were also toys for children.
Hamro Rakhimova's works are now kept in the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony.
Even more amazing exhibits of decorative and applied art of Uzbekistan can be found in the book-album Collections of the Federal Republic of Germany from the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections series.
The general sponsor of the project "Cultural legacy of Uzbekistan in the world collections" is the oilfield services company Eriell Group.
