© Museu de la Noguera
Omeka ID 372
Pla d'Almatà
Andalusian culture

small jug

MN-2176

Object type
jug
Production date
1050 / 1105
Fabric
Islamic pottery painted with manganese
Museum
Museu de la Noguera
Culture
Andalusian culture
Discovery location
Pla d'Almatà
Materials
pottery
Township
Balaguer (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Noguera)
Technique
wheel-thrown
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
160 x 210 x 111 mm
Description
Small jug fired in an oxidising atmosphere, with a reddish fabric and fine inclusions. It has globular body, with a neck of straight parallel walls, straight rim and rounded lip. It has two handles with a circular cross-section, or like a tape, that go from near the lip to the belly. The decoration is painted with manganese oxide, on the neck and belly with decorative patterns of parallel and concentric horizontal lines.