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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4292333, member: 8267&quot;]Round bottomed pots have been made in many cultures around the world. The form is not unusual. Round bottoms work well on uneven ground, propped on stones in or around a fire, or fit into holes on the top of a simple stove.</p><p><br /></p><p>With no decoration, and without being able to analyze the clay body, there is not alot to go on in identifying the origin or your pot. The very symmetrical shape, and the subtle drag lines around the circumference, would suggest it was made on a potters wheel, as opposed to being hand built with a coiling technique. To make a round bottomed pot on a wheel, the shape is first formed seated upright. When slightly dry and firm (&quot;leather hard&quot;), it is set on the wheel on its mouth, and the base trimmed to the desired shape. The single identifying feature might be the treatment of the stepped rim, which looks like it was formed with a profile tool. It also looks like it might be mimicking the rim of a metal vessel, which would point to a culture with a metalworking tradition as well as the potters&#039; wheel.</p><p><br /></p><p>The traditional round bottomed shape, combined with the evidence of higher level technologies, might point to an origin in India, or elsewhere in the Middle East or Asia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some contemporary water pots made in India:</p><p><img src="https://lp-cms-production.imgix.net/features/2019/04/Piles-of-pots-01588f4f8d66.jpeg?format=auto&amp;crop=entropy&amp;fit=crop&amp;h=567&amp;sharp=10&amp;vib=20&amp;w=850" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/getting-crafty-india-asias-creative-hub" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/getting-crafty-india-asias-creative-hub" rel="nofollow">https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/getting-crafty-india-asias-creative-hub</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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