Antique Grottaglie Plate 1800s
ambiant19世紀南イタリア、プーリア州グロッターリエの輪花皿。
象牙色の白錫釉を特徴とする、ロッバ・ビアンカ(robba bianca)と呼ばれる陶器で、日常使いのために作られた素朴な民陶の中でも、より丁寧な工程を経て生まれたものです。
ゆるやかに波打つ縁は、同地の白釉陶器に見られる特徴的な意匠のひとつ。
象牙色を帯びながらも、ひときわ白くなめらかな釉調が美しく、広めに取られたリムと少し控えめな見込みがつくる余白も相まって、どこか優美さを感じる一枚です。
- Size
- φ29 × H6 cm
- Country
- Italy
- Origin
- Grottaglie, Puglia
- Estimated age
- 1800年代
- No.
- AN-8093

Robba Bianca
"Robba bianca," meaning "white things" in Italian, is a significant category in the ceramic history of Grottaglie, Puglia, in Southern Italy. It symbolizes the technological maturity and refinement of lifestyle culture since the late 16th century.
Its foundation lies in a production system connected to the Majolica technique, which involves applying an opaque white glaze containing tin oxide (tin-glaze) and completing the piece through two firings. However, unlike the ornate Majolica known for its painted decorations, Robba Bianca suppresses decorativeness, positioning itself as a regional and practical evolution that finds value in the form of the vessel itself and the texture of the white glaze.
The beauty of this style lies in the contrast between the strong red earth (terra rossa) nurtured by the Puglia land and the soft white glaze that embraces it. The warmth of the clay faintly perceived beneath the glaze layer, or the reddish-brown clay body that peeks through the rim and foot after years of use, quietly tells the story of this land's unique expression of white.
LOCATION
Grottaglie, Puglia / ItalyGrottaglie, Puglia
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