{"product_id":"vintage-shona-pot-black-222-1","title":"Vintage Shona Pot - Black - 222.1","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hand-built earthenware pot from the Shona people of Zimbabwe, known in Shona as a \u003cem\u003ehari\u003c\/em\u003e, here in a deep blackened finish. 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 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. 29cm W × 26cm H. Opening diameter: 14cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"botanicalboysuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55335786807681,"sku":"BBVINT8052BOT","price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0447\/8317\/3793\/files\/IMG_7312.jpg?v=1770828049","url":"https:\/\/www.botanicalboys.com\/products\/vintage-shona-pot-black-222-1","provider":"Botanical Boys","version":"1.0","type":"link"}