Historic ceramics

30 Diameter x 10 Depth in. Iron stand sold separately. The lebrillo is the name given to this shape of ceramic, they are large bowls with a bent edge to facilitate handling. This ceramic was used for the “matanzas” to cook the famous Spanish sauce, but also to wash clothes or even to bathe babies. This particular lebrillo is from Granada, Spain, has typical green and white colors, and is decorated with the lily flower and with five rows of little chains at the edge. This kind of ceramic is…

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Prehistoric Painted Pottery Vessel, Unknown, Central Iran, 5000-4500 B.C., Furnishings, Ceramic.

Bowl of grey fritware, lien zu type, painted in dark blue and green on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze, Iznik, ca. 1530-1540.

It's the greatest archeological discovery in modern times: the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China and the 8,000 terracotta warriors who guard it.

Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 12th-13th century

From Sancton in Cambridgeshire, England. From the collection of Ashmoleum Museum in Oxford.

Period: Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II. Date: ca. 3900–3650 B.C.. Geography: From Egypt. Medium: Pottery (red polished ware). Dimensions: diam. 13...