water container (container (containers)); water pitcher

Water pitcher. Three-lobed pot, with handle and two-lobed spout. Colander inside the neck. Designs only on upper part of pot: symmetrically alternating stripes of colour. Red, white, black. The black dye is spread using a finger. Pot is unglazed. (Clay, white glazing, red and black natural dyes). Height 310mm, diameter at the bottom 120mm.

Typical of the Bihor-Banat unglazed pottery.

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