Pottery

Two major families of pottery products are in Algeria. A rural pottery, abundant, very often utilitarian, which draws its decorative motifs in a very old repertoire of signs and figurative representations.

The region of Kabylie is one of those who have best preserved the ancestral art with a variety of objects ranging from the vase to the saucier, the jar and the water jar through the jug and other pitcher. This pottery remains very alive thanks to its close relationship with the Algerian cuisine: tajines for dishes in sauce, jar of olive oil, milk and butter pots …

The city pottery is more decorative and marked by Islamic art and beautiful ornaments that draw in Arabic calligraphy, floral and geometric motifs.