Provencal pottery "conscience"

Provencal pottery in green glazed terracotta called "conscience". Around 1400 years old, the monks of the order of beggars passed from house to house in order to harvest olive oil for the subsistence of the poor. They collected the precious liquid in jars, the ropes passed through the handles and the bottles hung on the sides of the donkeys. Each giving, according to his "conscience" Very good general condition. Height 24 cm.

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