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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 401325, member: 45"]Sorry, I was actually away enjoying my weekend, without internet service or cell phone reception. (Yes, there still are places like that!)</p><p><br /></p><p>The smooth one on the left is a traditional black clay soup bowl, from La Chamba, in central Colombia. The area has been known for its production of black clay cookware for over 500 years, but identical soup bowls are still being made today, and are offered for sale on line (check Amazon) and in specialty cook ware shops. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not familiar with the other pot. Rather primitive pots like that have been made all over the world for centuries, and tend to look similar. The four applied handles might be a clue, as would the type of clay and whether or not it was thrown on a potter's wheel. But that's hard to tell from the photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 401325, member: 45"]Sorry, I was actually away enjoying my weekend, without internet service or cell phone reception. (Yes, there still are places like that!) The smooth one on the left is a traditional black clay soup bowl, from La Chamba, in central Colombia. The area has been known for its production of black clay cookware for over 500 years, but identical soup bowls are still being made today, and are offered for sale on line (check Amazon) and in specialty cook ware shops. I'm not familiar with the other pot. Rather primitive pots like that have been made all over the world for centuries, and tend to look similar. The four applied handles might be a clue, as would the type of clay and whether or not it was thrown on a potter's wheel. But that's hard to tell from the photos.[/QUOTE]
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