Terra cotta with yellow glaze, applied ribbed loop handles, high shoulder, tooled base.

14.25 x 15 in.

Confit, or food storage jars, were used in provencal France as a means to preserve items that would spoil otherwise, mainly meats, packed in salted lard and then buried. The unglazed lower half allowed the coolness of the surrounding earth to penetrate the clay.

Expected glaze crazing and chipping / flakes.