{"product_id":"double-banded-aydn-storage-jar-11","title":"Pointed-Base Aydin Oil Amphora","description":"\u003cp\u003eAydin sits inland from the Aegean in country given over to olives, and vessels like this carried the oil from one pressing through to the next. This one was never built to stand on its own: the base draws down to a point, because a jar sunk into earth or sand is held upright by the ground around it and keeps cooler than anything standing on a floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo small loop handles sit high on the shoulder, set close either side of the neck where a cord or a pole could run through to lift it. A single round hole is bored through the wall between them, cut cleanly rather than broken. Throwing rings run the full height of the body, and the clay fired to a pale grey-buff rather than the red most Aydin jars carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday it stands on an iron tripod made to hold it, which is the only way a vessel with this base can be shown upright. Against a plain wall it reads as sculpture rather than storage, and at this scale it needs nothing beside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDouble-Banded Aydin Storage Jar\u003c\/strong\u003e is presented as a decorative jar. The title identifies this piece with Aydin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe supplied use case notes that it stored olive oil \u0026amp; grain. Today, it is presented for use as a double-banded garden planter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kasa Petra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46934076719265,"sku":"KP-00175","price":830.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/2346\/9217\/files\/Lokasyon2000pxKare226_fafdc990-8b92-4fe2-a182-edcba435c832.jpg?v=1788075253","url":"https:\/\/kasapetra.com\/products\/double-banded-aydn-storage-jar-11","provider":"Kasa Petra","version":"1.0","type":"link"}