Title
Pottery water filter
Caption
Pottery water filter, 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
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A20_127
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
33,1Mb (1,5Mb) / 11,8in x 10,9in / 3543 x 3266 (300dpi)