Spiral columned pot with spiral columned pot base

Spiral columned pot with spiral columned pot base. The most elegant and particular shape of the vases of the classic collection from Terrecotte Poggi Ugo. Executed by hand with Impruneta clay with its famous frost-proof characteristics, the twisted pot is rich in decoration with angel heads that intersperse the festoons of fruit and leaves with their wings. The edge is finished with a pod re-proposed also on the base, typical of the fifteenth/sixteenth-century era, but the most emblematic decoration of this vase is the striglitation, that is the decoration with wavy grooves carved on the surface, which is frequently found above all on vases and decorative elements from the Roman, Christian and Renaissance periods. The elongated ‘S’-shaped grooves take their name from the strigil, a metal instrument used in antiquity by athletes to clean their bodies of sweat and dust; from numerous comparisons with other extant specimens, it is dated between the end of the 2nd and the first half of the 3rd century AD.

The excellent breathability of terracotta, thermoregulation and the slight release of the watering humidity, give health to the roots of the plants planted.