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A selection of ancient pottery items, showcasing unique designs and historical significance from different cultures and eras.

Lid pot ". Terracotta with green lead glaze. Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). Paris, Cernuschi museum. Chinese art, Chinese ceramic, lid, han dynasty, han time, oval shape, pot, terracotta
Lid pot ". Terracotta with green lead glaze. Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). Paris, Cernuschi museum. Chinese art, Chinese ceramic, lid, han dynasty, han time, oval shape, pot, terracotta
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vessels, III BC, El Moro tomb, Niebla, Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.Jar decorated with sphinxes. Cypro-Archaic II. 600BC-500BC. Achna, Cyrpus. British Museum. London. GBR.Double Chambered Bottle 14th-15th century Inca. Double Chambered Bottle 308555Roman decorated bowl from Corinth, Greece. 2nd-3rd Century ADPitcher. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 23 cm (11 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 8" High 3 1/2" Dia(base). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mina Lowry.Lamp, North Africa; 1st - 4th century; Terracotta; 2.7 x 7.9 x 11 cm (1 1,16 x 3 1,8 x 4 5,16 in.)Fire pot. Round earthenware pot with a short neck. The pot has three broken ears and a cork.Fragment of an anhydrite vessel from the Middle Kingdom, Buhen. Dated 1900 BCTINAJAS SECANDOSE AL SOL CON LA MARCA DEL ALFARERO. Location: ALFARERIA. TORREJONCILLO. CACERES. SPAIN.Molded flasks with the image of Saint Menas (Abu Mina). Baked clay. Roman period. Byzantine period. 4th-7th century AD. Egyptian Museum of Turin. Italy.Egypt, El-Amrah, ointment bowls and jars made of stonePottery Whistle ca. 800-1000 Costa Rican. Pottery Whistle 502725Antoni Cumella i Serret / Jarrón, siglo XX. Museu de Ceràmica de Barcelona.Cosmetic mixing palettes. 18th dynasty onwards, from 1500 B.C.Bridge and Spout Bottle 12th-14th century Lambayeque (Sicán). Bridge and Spout Bottle 310466piedra de machacar tipo tazon,clásico , museo de la plaza central, Chichicastenango ,municipio del departamento de El Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.OLLA-PUCHERO VIDRIADA Y CON DECORACION DE CORDON. Location: ALFARERIA. NAVAL. HUESCA. SPAIN.Churn, used for making butter from Beersheba and Golan, over 6,500-5,500 years ago. Made from pottery. Ropes were tied either side in order to rock the churn back and forth and speed up the process.CANTARO DE UNA SOLA ASA - CERAMICA ROJA PARA AGUA SIN VIDRIAR - ARTE POPULAR. Location: ALFARERIA. ALAEJOS. Valladolid. SPAIN.Glass and alabaster jars belonging to the ancient Assyrian King Sargon II. Dated 8th Century BCStoneware. Duck-Shaped Vessels from Three Kingdoms of Korea (57 BCE - 668)Gray land cup. Low-Empire. Ceramic. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Depression decor Antiquity, low-Empire, Ceramic, Roman time, cup, gray, ancient earthFlute 1300-1500 Tairona People; Gayraca style. Flute. Tairona People; Gayraca style. 1300-1500. Ceramic. Pre-Columbian. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Aerophone-Whistle Flute-recorderBowl with stamped decoration Unified Silla Korean kingdom, period, 700 - 800 AD, Stoneware. Vessels became more uniform across the peninsula after Silla annexed Goryeo and Baekje and ruled considerable parts of the territory. In the Three Kingdoms period incised circular or triangular patterns were popular. This type of decoration was superseded by stamping from the late AD 500$ through to this early AD 800s. Brown jug, anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1699 Brown jug on the stand surface with a pear -shaped body and wide neck. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and belly. Attached to the ear a pewter frame with lid. Altenburg. Altenburg Stoneware. Glaze. frame: tin (metal) vitrification Brown jug on the stand surface with a pear -shaped body and wide neck. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and belly. Attached to the ear a pewter frame with lid. Altenburg. Altenburg Stoneware. Glaze. frame: tin (metal) vitrificationLarge tall birch bark basket with etched designs used by the Athabaskan Indians of Alaskawell curb well curb, Mudejar domestic architecture, Archeological Museum. Úbeda, Jaén province, Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21702880Ban Chiang Pots, Suan Pakaad Palace Museum,Thailand.Decorated gourd from the Cape Verde isalnds. Crved by Joao Henrique Monteiro 'Tchukay', 1997.Terracotta lantern. Culture: Roman, Egyptian. Dimensions: H.: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm). Date: ca. 2nd century A.D..Rectangular model of wayside shrine to be used as a lamp shelter. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.. Brown jug with pewter lid.Red breccia and alabaster vases. Early Dynastic, c. 3000 BC. EGYPT.small canteen with painted decoration, XIII AD, Bollullos Par del Condado, islamic period, Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.Romania. Baia Sprie. Pottery, potter's shop.Vessel. Egyptian. Date: 3050 BC-2630 BC. Dimensions: 18.6 × 14.5 × 14.5 cm (7 5/16 × 5 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.). Alabaster. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Ancient Egyptian.Votive Container (Canopa) 15th-16th century Inca. Votive Container (Canopa) 317594Italic civilizations, Piceni, 7th century b.C. Four handled olla with decorations.JARRA DE AGUA. Location: ALFARERIA. SPAIN.Glass beaker. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Height: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)Diam.: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm). Date: 2nd-3rd century A.D..ColorlessKnocked-off, uneven, flaring rim; four-sided body tapering downwards to squared base; thick, convex bottom.Four large indents in body.One faint wheel-abraded horizontal line below rim at top of body.Intact, except for small chip in rim; pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and limy encrustation, with patches of iridescent weathering. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Ancient Greek amphoraPrehistory. Finland. Europe. Pottery of the Iron Age. The National Museum of Finland. Helsinki.Jug with a protruding figure of a stylized bird, Incised Red Polished Ware, Early Bronze Age, 2000 BC. from Cyprus.CANTARO PARA AGUA CON UNA SOLA ASA - SIGLO XX. Location: ALFARERIA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.Ancient pottery, Tasalagi Village in the Cherokee Nation, OKCANGILONES DE NORIA SECANDOSE-ARTE POPULAR S XX. Location: ALFARERIA. Toledo. SPAIN.Marble jar stand with crouched lions with eagles from Egypt. Dated 12th CenturyBourgogne, Yonne (89), Treigny, Guedelon castle, medieval site, construction of a castle, according to the techniques and materials used in the Middle Ages. The village. Pottery. Potteries completed.Vessel Made 3050 BCE-2630 BCE Egypt. Egyptian alabaster is a form of limestone (calcite) that is found in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. It was favored for cosmetic and ritual offering fishes because of its beautiful color and translucent quality.. Alabaster . Ancient EgyptianOrnament. Culture: British. Dimensions: Height: 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm). Date: ca. 1770-80. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.The Hockwold Treasure, a hoard of seven silver Roman cups and handles. From Hockwold cum Wilton, Norfolk. Dated 1st Century ADceramica y vidrio del periodo romano imperial, año 27 a.C. - siglo III d.C , Museu Municipal de Ciutadella,. Bastió de sa Font, Ciutadella, Menorca,balearic islands, Spain.row of clay pots on the shelf, blurred background. children’s crafts. clay art potsBARRILA DE CUELLO CORTO MUY FINO CON VIDRIADO PARCIAL - ARTE POPULAR SIGLO XX. Location: ALFARERIA. TAJUECO. Soria. SPAIN.recipientes de ceramica, Museo arqueologico Son Fornes, sala de época postalayótica, Montuiri, Comarca de Es Pla, Mallorca, Spain.Terracotta flower potsutiles de cocina, Museo arqueologico Son Fornes, sala de época talayótica (1300-123 a. C.), Montuiri, Comarca de Es Pla, Mallorca, Spain.Pica de agua bendita. Ermita de San Cristobal. Cabrils. Siglo IX.Silversmith's art, Sweden, 17th century. Silver glass with coins attached.Ancient metal jug in oriental style in viewNeolithic Period. Tarxien Phase (3000 BC to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Large ceramic carinated bowl. Approximate height: 55 cm. Maximum diameter: 85 cm. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.Big old clay cruse under old wooden house ladderThree gilded wooden model containers inscribed with the name of Ramses II. Dated 1213 BCASADOR DE CASTAÑAS - S XX ARTE POPULAR. Location: ALFARERIA. Coruña. SPAIN.Dog and owl, terracotta funerary statues, Min-Ki, China. Chinese Civilisation, Han Dynasty, 1st century.Close-up of jade sculptureSpain, Andalucia Region, Cadiz Province, Sherry Triangle Area, Jerez de la Frontera, Bodegas Gonzalez Byass, antique sherry jarsThe Lycurgus Cup; 4th-century, Roman glass cage cup. Made of a dichroic glass, which shows a different colour depending on whether or not light is passing through it; red when lit from behind and green when lit from in front. It is the only complete Roman glass object made from this type of glass. The cup is also a very rare example of a complete Roman cage-cup, or diatretum. It named after King LycurgusBoca Raton Resort and Club, Florida, USA.Africa, Gambia. Capital city of Banjul. Gambia National Museum. Woven baskets & wooden game.Showcase with jugs and jugs of german stoneware; West. Courtyard. .clay pottery ceramics inside of workshopPlate with engraving. Plate with engraving 251440 Plate with engraving, Copper, Diam.: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1923 (23.160.106)Blue-Painted Jar from Malqata ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Blue-Painted Jar from Malqata. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Pottery, slip, paint. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, MMA excavations, 1911-12. Dynasty 18Green Glass Flask. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 24.4 x 35.5 cm (9 5/8 x 14 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: V. L. Vance.Africa, Gambia. Capital city of Banjul. Gambia National Museum. Historic pottery display.Traditional clay pottery for sale at the marketStone basinStoneware mineral water pitcher, cylindrical with round shoulder, sausage ear and short neck, mineral water pitcher jar product packaging container soil find ceramic stoneware glaze salt glaze approx., hand turned glazed baked Stoneware mineral pitchers cylindrical with round shoulder short neck and sausage ear. Stand area with traces of deduction and soul. brown glazed. Marked under the ear and marked on the front with medallion and text. Chalkboard in medallion: SELTERS in the midfield leftwing claw lion archeology Rotterdam Kralingen-Crooswijk Struisenburg Oostmaaslaan Boslaan Buizengat advertising indigenous pottery import drinking water drinking medicine medicine packaging Soil discovery: Buizengat Oostmaaslaan Boslaan Rotterdam an old landfill of urban waste.Traditional clay jars of nattukottai chettiar or nagarathar Chettinad Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotoxBARRILA O CANTARILLO - FORMA REDORDEADA - SIN VIDRIAR - ARTE POPULAR S XX. Location: ALFARERIA. Aranda de Duero. BURGOS. SPAIN.Paris (VIIE arr.), France The exhibition of decorative arts, National Manufacture of Sèvres, the last press release or vase of the war, composed by G. Leroux, executed by Bocquet, 1, 30 m , 1925 - International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts Paris (French - Paris ( VIIe arr. ) , France L' Exposition des arts décoratifs , Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres , Le Dernier Communiqué ou Vase de la Guerre , composé par G. Leroux , exécuté par Bocquet , 1 ,30 m). Represented animal , fantastic animal, interior view, painted decor, vase, painting, decorative arts, ceramics, forehead, exhibition of decorative arts, ephemeral architecture, Animal, Habitat , Architecture, Art, First World War, France, Paris, Exhibition of decorative arts, Manufre Natle de Sèvres. Large blue vase, subjects from warOil lamps, Roman period, 5th century, Evora Museum, Evora, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe.Potier working a jar Djerba TunisiaBet She'an Nationalpark, the western bathhouse, heating system, antique Archaeological site, Galilee, Israel