Water Container
<p>Well-made pots like this thin-walled water container are appreciated for the beauty they bring to a living space. Baule potters learn to produce such dark-colored, wide-bodied pots for a variety of household uses by proceeding from observation and imitation to formal education. To embellish the vessel displayed here, a potter etched lines into its body and highlighted them with kaolin (a clay mineral).</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1900
- Dimensions
- 33.7 × 39.4 cm (13 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Baule
Artist
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Record
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- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified