French Yellow Glazed Tian, 20th Century yellow glaze 14” high

14” high

antique French linens

Harder and harder to find in this condition

it organised the tools of correspondence — paper

a thin coat of pale clay brushed on before glazing

French Yellow Glazed Tian, 20th Century yellow glaze 14” highWheel thrown terracotta tian, the shallow flaring bowl form used across Provence for mixing, salting, and serving. Two pinched lug handles applied at the rim, with a pulled pouring lip opposite. The interior and rim carry a honey yellow lead glaze that stops partway down the outside and runs in thick drips over the bare clay. Look at the drip edges and you can see a white line between the yellow and the red body. That's a slip, a thin coat of pale