Antique Southern Italian Bowl
ambiantAn antique bowl from Southern Italy. A quiet ceramic piece with the irregularity and presence of age.
The interior is coated with a honey-toned glaze, while the exterior retains the rustic texture of the natural clay.
It was likely an everyday household bowl, used for preparing vegetables and other ingredients or for general kitchen use.
The bright yellow glaze visible along the thick rim, together with the rough, tactile surface of the clay, gives this piece its quiet charm.
It is the kind of bowl one would like to keep in a corner of the kitchen, filled with garlic, onions, or fruit.
- Size
- φ18 × H10 cm
- Country
- Italy
- Origin
- Southern Italy
- Estimated age
- Late 1800s – early 1900s
- No.
- AN-8111
Robba Gialla
A general term for vessels with lead glaze ranging from honey-colored to yellowish-brown, seen in Southern Italian folk pottery. Mainly produced from the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century, widely across Southern Italy, centered in Puglia.
Often finished with lead glaze on red clay body in a single firing; the shading, flow, and kiln variations from firing become the landscape itself. Uses vary from large amphorae (capasone) to jars, bowls, and bottles.
Decoration is often minimal; the glaze color itself is the "keynote" of this pottery. One of the most universal everyday ceramics that supported the foundation of Southern Italian life.
Location
Southern Italy / ItalyANTIQUES COLLECTION
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