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Kalporgan pottery کلپورگان

Kalporgan pottery is hand-built, unglazed earthenware from Kalporgan, a village near Saravan in Sistan and Baluchestan. Women shape the pots by hand without a wheel, using local clay and simple tools, and paint them with geometric motifs in a dark mineral pigment. The skill is passed down from generation to generation.

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See also Meybod pottery

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Kalporgan pottery: a detail of Kalporgan Regular Jug
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