Large black pottery jug from Marginea

Hello, today I offer you an artisanal black pottery from the village of marginea. In very good condition, the oblong shaped pottery is decorated with a worn-out pattern. The dimensions of the jug are: Height 30cm, top diameter 13cm, middle diameter 20cm, bottom diameter 9cm. To find out more, I found a study done on this famous pottery. I wish you a good reading. Do not hesitate to come and discover other treasures in store. Kenavo. Located in the north of romania, in bukovina, on the edge of centuries-old forests, the village of marginea is renowned above all for its black pottery. This pottery has kept for the most part the features it had in the neolithic: the form remains unchanged as well as the technique of firing and ornamentation. This pottery is of indigenous tradition, dacian and is found on the territory of moldova and eastern transylvania. It is the only village that has continued this tradition. Black pottery is based on the same clay as red pottery, the difference consists only in the firing technology, which, in the case of black pottery, is incomplete, oxidizing, while for red pottery the oxidation is complete and the material takes the coleur of the oxide. Some details about the firing of black pottery. After a very strong oxidizing fire, which reddens the pots, large fir logs are introduced and the oven openings are closed. For ten hours in a slow furnace, the incomplete reaction of coal dioxide produces the black color at depth. The black color obtained by the partial oxidation of the iron of the clay is also due to the deposition of the black coal dust that penetrates en masse, the result of the smoke stopped inside the furnace. The ornaments are made using a hard stone, a rounded quartz, before firing. The decorative effect achieved after cooking is remarkable, the traces are shiny and harmonize in an inereal way.

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