Antique Southern Italian Ceramic Wine Flask
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A small ceramic portable vessel found in Southern Italy.
It is believed to be a piece of folk pottery from around Calabria or Basilicata, made to carry water or wine.
It was likely used as a practical flask, carried during fieldwork or travel.
The porous, unglazed clay body would have allowed a small amount of moisture to pass through the walls. As this moisture evaporated, the evaporative cooling effect may have helped keep the liquid inside gently cool.
It is a simple and rational form, shaped in response to the dry heat of the Mediterranean climate.
The twisted handles add a modest decorative quality to an otherwise practical vessel.
The small hand-carved wooden stopper also sits naturally with the quiet, rustic presence of the piece.
- Size
- W12 x H18 cm
- Country
- Italy
- Origin
- Southern Italy
- Estimated age
- Late 1800s - Early 1900s
- No.
- 8115
- Condition
- Hairline crack on the handle.
LOCATION
Southern Italy / ItalySouthern Italy
Origin
Italian antique ceramics quietly bear the imprint of the land's climate and history.
The rustic vessels born from the dry earth of Southern Italy, the refined designs nurtured in the North.
At ambiant, we focus on introducing pieces that embody the "beauty of use"—vessels that have been used in daily life—rather than decorative beauty.
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