RUSTIC POTS

Material: Glazed terracotta

Origin: Alentejo, Portugal, circa 1880

Measurements: 23 cm ø x 9 cm high

Alentejo bowls molded in a folk style and subsequently glazed. They come from various ceramic workshops in the former province of Ribatejo, in the area around Santarém, showing clear stylistic similarities in the workmanship of their different scales, glazes and proportions that characterize the ceramic tradition of southern Portugal.