Drying pottery after fashioning in Quế An Village.

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:37 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen

After an evening of work, Võ Thị Sương leaves her pots to dry until the next morning.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Q28

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

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Phơi đồ gốm sau quá trình tạo hình, ở làng Quế An

Description alt

Sau một buổi tối làm việc, Võ Thị Sương phơi những chiếc nồi cho đến sáng hôm sau.

Cultural group

Kinh

Participants

Võ Thị Sương

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Quế An, Quế Sơn district, Quảng Nam Province

Materials

Mineral-clay, Ceramic-pottery

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Đất sét (vietnamese for clay), Đất núng (vietnamese for pottery ; literal. "earth cooked")

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Workshop

Temporality

After fashioning on wet clay, the pots have to dry for at least one night before the potter can start fashioning on leather-hard clay.

Intent

The pots need to acquire a leather-hard consistency for the potter to finish the fashioning. The leather hard consistency allows the potter to make the walls thinner without the pot to sag

Date of creation

2023-05-03

Unique ID

2020SG03-Q28-0142