The mug holding the ‘miniature river waters’ is stamped in Arabic with ‘Palestine’ on one side and a ‘Tatreez’ embroidery pattern of a Palestinian Cypress tree or an olive branch on the other.
Continuing the 9000 year old pottery tradition of Palestine, Waters of Palestine mugs are each handcrafted and no two are exactly the same. They are shaped to rest naturally between your hands. The art of glazing is 4000 years old and produces slightly different effects of glazes. The mug is matte and speckled on the outside, with a beautiful contrast of the glazed moss green waters of Al ‘Auja inside.
The Al ʿAuja Hug Mug is named after one of Palestine’s strongest rivers pouring from the east into the Mediterranean. Al ‘Auja is known for its deep, slow‑moving green waters. In ancient times the river’s banks were the boundary of the Philistia Pentapolis, the culture that gave its name Filisteen or Palestine, to the land for four thousand years. Al ‘Auja (meaning the curving) flowed steadily from its springs toward the sea, sustaining fields, villages, and a fertile life along its banks. Though its course has been disrupted, the river endures in memory - a water of depth and quiet persistence.
Price per 1 mug
Thrown by wheel and shaped by hand. Speckled stoneware, moss greeniah Al ‘Auja glaze.
7 cm high. 7.5 cm diameter. holds 220 ml
The mug holding the ‘miniature river waters’ is stamped in Arabic with ‘Palestine’ on one side and a ‘Tatreez’ embroidery pattern of a Palestinian Cypress tree or an olive branch on the other.
Continuing the 9000 year old pottery tradition of Palestine, Waters of Palestine mugs are each handcrafted and no two are exactly the same. They are shaped to rest naturally between your hands. The art of glazing is 4000 years old and produces slightly different effects of glazes. The mug is matte and speckled on the outside, with a beautiful contrast of the glazed moss green waters of Al ‘Auja inside.
The Al ʿAuja Hug Mug is named after one of Palestine’s strongest rivers pouring from the east into the Mediterranean. Al ‘Auja is known for its deep, slow‑moving green waters. In ancient times the river’s banks were the boundary of the Philistia Pentapolis, the culture that gave its name Filisteen or Palestine, to the land for four thousand years. Al ‘Auja (meaning the curving) flowed steadily from its springs toward the sea, sustaining fields, villages, and a fertile life along its banks. Though its course has been disrupted, the river endures in memory - a water of depth and quiet persistence.
Price per 1 mug
Thrown by wheel and shaped by hand. Speckled stoneware, moss greeniah Al ‘Auja glaze.
7 cm high. 7.5 cm diameter. holds 220 ml
