Baganda Ceramic Vessel, Uganda

Large, round and the color of baked bread. It takes up its space calmly.

This vessel was made by Baganda potters of Uganda, East Africa, in terra cotta in the 20th century. Big storage and water pots of this kind were commonly used in households across the region. The full, egg-shaped body rises to a short flared neck. Fine, closely set ribbing wraps the entire surface in a soft texture, in warm tan and apricot. A single smoky black blot, probably from the firing, drifts across the lower half like a shadow of a bird.

About 24 inches tall. A floor piece that does the work of a sculpture.