Photos: Kutahya porcelain

Bird of Kutahya type porcelain.
Picture taken in Anatolian Civilisations Museum, Ankara.
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Photos: Decorated pottery

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Decorated potteries waiting for klin.

Photos: Pottery drying

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Pottery must be dried in cool place without direct sunlight.

Photos: Pottery, waiting before klin

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Pottery must be awaited to dry after shaping.

Photos: Pottery shaping

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Shaping is the most important part of pottery making. Potter's wheel is a big invention which made people able to produce more standardized potteries.

Photos: Pottery clay kneading

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Clay must be kneaded well before shaping in order to make raw material homogeneous and avoid air bubbles inside the clay.

Photo: Pottery forms

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Pottery forms give clues to archaeologists about its date, but those in the picture are just modern replicas of Hittite pottery.