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  2. Impruneta - Wikipedia

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    The name Impruneta is derived from inprunetis meaning "within the pine woods", and is known for its fine production of terracotta.The terracotta is made from local clay, has a red-colored finish, and production includes everything from small tiles to large garden vases and statues.

  3. South Italian ancient Greek pottery - Wikipedia

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    South Italian is a designation for ancient Greek pottery fabricated in Magna Graecia largely during the 4th century BC. The fact that Greek Southern Italy produced its own red-figure pottery as early as the end of the 5th century BC was first established by Adolf Furtwaengler in 1893 ( A.D. Trendall ).

  4. List of cooking vessels - Wikipedia

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    Tangia – an urn-shaped terra cotta cooking vessel [38] Tapayan (or tempayan) – a large earthen jar in island Southeast Asia used for cooking, fermentation, and storing water. Terrine – glazed earthenware (terracotta) cooking dish with vertical sides and a tightly fitting lid, generally rectangular or oval. Modern versions are also made of ...

  5. Earthenware - Wikipedia

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    Terracotta flower pots with terracotta tiles in the background Due to its porosity, fired earthenware, with a water absorption of 5-8%, must be glazed to be watertight. [ 11 ] Earthenware has lower mechanical strength than bone china, porcelain or stoneware, and consequently articles are commonly made in thicker cross-section, although they are ...

  6. Terracotta - Wikipedia

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    Terracotta, also known as terra cotta or terra-cotta [2] (Italian: [ˌtɛrraˈkɔtta]; lit. ' baked earth ' ; [ 3 ] from Latin terra cocta 'cooked earth'), [ 4 ] is a clay -based non-vitreous ceramic [ 5 ] fired at relatively low temperatures.

  7. Monte Testaccio - Wikipedia

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    Monte Testaccio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmonte teˈstattʃo]) [1] or Monte Testaceo, also known as Monte dei Cocci, is an artificial mound in Rome composed almost entirely of testae (Italian: cocci), fragments of broken ancient Roman pottery, nearly all discarded amphorae dating from the time of the Roman Empire, some of which were labelled with tituli picti.

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