CATALONIAN TERRACOTTA BOJITO heavier armour over the body

heavier armour over the body

having been formed nearly 300 million years ago

taking inspiration from classical Greek pottery and catapulting elements of the style into a more contemporary design that would have been considered en vogue around 1924

slightly raised spout

some say alive

CATALONIAN TERRACOTTA BOJITO heavier armour over the bodyA 19th century terracotta bojito from the eastern Spanish region of Catalonia. These vessels made of porous clay and traditional to Spain, are containers designed to carry water, frequently used by farmers in rural fields to keep water cool under lengthened spells of sunny conditions. The botijo, acting as an evaporative cooler, more conventionally held a handle straddling over the vessels shoulders and had two spouts, one larger and the other