{"product_id":"botanical-boys-vintage-shona-pot-61-2","title":"Vintage Shona Pot - 61.2","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hand-built earthenware pot from the Shona people of Zimbabwe, known in Shona as a \u003cem\u003ehari\u003c\/em\u003e. Pots like this were traditionally made by women and sat at the centre of domestic life — serving food and drink and storing dry foodstuffs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe neck and shoulder are incised with geometric patterns, the clay hand-burnished and finished with graphite and red oxide, then hardened in open pits fired with dry cow dung (\u003cem\u003endove\u003c\/em\u003e), which gives the surface its smoky, earthy variation. Decorated pots like this were the prestige pieces, kept for guests and special use rather than everyday cooking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA generous, large vessel and a genuine vintage piece, carefully restored, with the natural marks and patina of age that make it one of a kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: approx. 52cm W × 44cm H. Opening diameter: 19cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Botanical Boys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53404865265997,"sku":"BBVINT8053BOT","price":625.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/6961\/6973\/files\/IMG_7316.jpg?v=1771725089","url":"https:\/\/thefoalyard.co.uk\/products\/botanical-boys-vintage-shona-pot-61-2","provider":"The Foalyard","version":"1.0","type":"link"}