Pottery water filter with hare design
Title

Pottery water filter with hare design

Caption

Pottery water filter with hare design, They were placed in the necks of water bottles. The holes helped evaporation keeping the water cool and preventing insects from falling in. Egypt. Islamic. Fatimid period, 909 1171 AD.

Info+

Werner Forman Archive/ Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Fribourg

Date

Apr 26, 2010

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

Reference

UMG12A20_123

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

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