Antique Grottaglie Confit Pot
ambiant南イタリア、プーリア州はグロッターリエの食糧保存壺。
オリーブや豆類、塩漬け・オイル漬けにした野菜などを長期保存するために用いられ、当時の食文化と人々の暮らしを支える上で欠かせない存在でした。
現代においても、民家の軒先やバルコニーで植木鉢として再利用される姿をよく目にします。
時代を超えてなお、プーリアの暮らしに深く根ざし、人々の日常に静かに寄り添い続けている民藝品です。
- Size
- φ11.5 × H16 × W20 cm
- Country
- Italy
- Origin
- Grottaglie, Puglia
- Estimated age
- 1800年代後半から1900年代前半
- No.
- AN-25081
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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