Ancient Biblical Holy Land Burnished Juglet, Judea (1938QKM) $360

Description

This black burnished earthenware terracotta juglet dates from the time the Jewish people returned from their exile in Babylonia to in the region called the Holy Land and the Levant during the Biblical Period. At this time in the Iron Age, coil construction was used to make utilitarian pottery often finished using the paddle-and-anvil method to remove moisture from the clay and compact and smooth its walls and slip was sometimes added to make pouring vessels less porous and avoid leakage. Pieces were often burnished to further smooth and compact outside surfaces and the vessel would be dried into a leather-hard state making the body ready for pit firing. These methods were used by potters before the invention of kilns and glazes which later made vessels watertight and their surfaces uniformly smooth, tactile and having a subtle beauty.