Coil Pot

This is a 20th century pot made by the Frafra peoples of Ghana. The purpose of this pot was to carry water. The design is a relief decoration that seems to be unknown as to its purpose. It looks like a creature, but only the builder knows what it is.

-Andrew Lum

Coil Pot

This is a Japanese storage jar from the Muromachi period. This period was from approximately from 1336 to 1573 A.D. The japanese used these kind of pots for storing water and food. As you can see this Coil pot has no finish on it. -Trevor Carlyle

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This pot was found in the 2nd half of the 18th century. It is a porcelain pot with a bamboo design. The leaves of the plant repeat. The thing that caught my eye on this piece was the blue shades with the white pot and the design of the leaf.

Justin Ige

The gourd-shaped wine pot (right) is covered in a scaly motif that increases in size the closer it is to the base of the pot. The pot was sculpted during Korea's Koryo Period, 918-1392. The design appeals to me because it is perfectly suited for embellishing a spherical ceramic sculpture. Since the scales are not rectangular, they do not conflict with the bulbous shape of the pot.

This African Zulu Pinch Pot was used for serving beer which was a key component to Zulu hospitality. This repeat motif has an impressed design of different triangles all around the pot. You can make your design by impressing into the clay or by painting it onto the surface, the clay must be very smooth for this process to work. After this process is done the sculpter painted on three differant colors to give the pot a very tribal feel.

- Ben Dodge

This porcelain pot has a repeat motif. The blue part of the design was painted on. The part that was made on top of the original pot, was made with a different kind of clay. The pot also has evenly spaced out holes in the top section, which is another way it has a repeat motif.

Repeat Motif

Judging from the white color of the clay and the light gloss, I think that this piece is made of porcelain. There is a repeat motif made from blue slip around the top of the bowl.