Antique Grottaglie Pot. 1800s
ambiantプーリアで見つけた保存用の壺。
作風や土味から、グロッターリエ近郊で作られたものと考えられます。
すとんとした寸胴形が多い同地の保存壺の中で、端正な型に惹かれました。
底面には、後年に植木鉢として使われていたであろう痕跡が残っています。
やや黄みを帯びた釉調も、この器ならではの個性のひとつ。
用途を変えながら受け継がれてきた時間が、静かに感じられる佇まいです。
- Size
- φ14.5 × W14.5 × H 16.5cm
- Country
- Italy
- Origin
- Grottaglie, Puglia
- Estimated age
- 1800年代
- No.
- AN-5204
- Condition
- 底に穴有

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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