Earthenware jar with handles

Hand-turned earthenware jar. Ovoid body with a flat base, wide neckless mouth and with slightly protruding rim. Four ear handles, two on each side. Completely glazed on the inside with lead sulphide and partially on the outside, drip-finished almost halfway down.

Five pottery centres have been attributed to the province of: Granada, north of the province, west of the province, south of the province and Ugijar. The province is notable because of the high density of potteries and their richness and variety since it has a more pottery centres than Córdoba. One possible reason was the lower economic growth of eastern Andalusia, which allowed the functional nature of pottery to survive longer, thereby avoiding the loss of techniques and types. This is why the most extensive repertory of techniques in the world of traditional pottery is documented in Granada: from elementary shapes to glazing with cuerda seca (dry cord) or tin, including lead sulphide baths and decoration with oxides of kaolin slipware.

The centre to the northwast of Granada includes Guadix, Purullena, Cullar de Baza and Huéscar. It has the most old-fashioned characteristics (working in caves, use of pork fat to lubricate the wheel, etc). Significant technical standardisation can be appreciated given the family ties and the spread of potters from Cullar and Guadix.

They were made in various sizes with different prices. It was no longer being used when it was collected and its function was a container for food and dressed olives.