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Olla – a ceramic jar, often unglazed, used for cooking stews or soups, for the storage of water or dry foods, or for other purposes. Pipkin – an earthenware cooking pot used for cooking over direct heat from coals or a wood fire. Palayok – a clay pot used as the traditional food preparation container in the Philippines used for cooking ...
Chocolate Jar with Iron-Locked Lid is a piece of earthenware with tin-glaze. It was created in Puebla, Mexico, sometime between 1725 and 1775. It was made in the style of Talavera poblana developed out of the tradition in Talavera, Spain, and was also influenced by Chinese ceramic traditions. [1] This vessel was used to house cacao beans.
Ceramic storage jars by Ofelia Gonzalez Mendoza of Jose Maria Pino Suarez, Tepetitlan, Hidalgo as part of a temporary exhibit on Hidalgo crafts at the Museo de Arte Popular, Mexico City. In Chililico , a Nahua village near Huejutla de Reyes , Hidalgo , women still dominate potting, producing decorated pieces for ceremonial use.
Andalucian designs use a repertoire of geometric motifs, many of which probably had a religious significance of which Christian buyers remained unaware. These are usually contained in painted compartments. Pseudo-Kufic script is used, as well as inscriptions in proper Arabic. The dominant colours of gold and blue perhaps represent the sun and ...
Maiolica charger from Faenza, after which faience is named, c. 1555; diameter 43 cm, tin-glazed earthenware Tin-glazed (majolica/maiolica) plate from Faenza, Italy. Tin-glazed pottery is earthenware covered in lead glaze with added tin oxide [1] which is white, shiny and opaque (see tin-glazing for the chemistry); usually this provides a background for brightly painted decoration.
Examples have been discovered with a variety of decorative motifs. During the Shang dynasty one hu would typically be offered, decorated with relatively simple taotie designs. Dragons, cattle and thunder patterns also appear on hu vessels during the Shang dynasty. During the Zhou dynasty the style of the vessel changed, with taotie being ...
Blue Pottery Exhibit, Jaipur School of Art, Albert Hall Museum Famous Raja Rani (King Queen) Vase of Jaipur School, Albert Hall Museum The use of blue glaze on pottery is an imported technique, first developed by Mongol artisans who combined Chinese glazing technology with Persian decorative arts.
A jar is a rigid, cylindrical or slightly conical container, typically made of glass, ceramic, or plastic, with a wide mouth or opening that can be closed with a lid, screw cap, lug cap, cork stopper, roll-on cap, crimp-on cap, press-on cap, plastic shrink, heat sealed lidding film, an inner seal, a tamper-evident band, or other suitable means.