The clay pots were stacked at the side of the road in an unruly heap - they are used for holding water, especially for villagers who go to the well to draw their daily water supplies. They've been made in the same way ever since India began and keep water cool because of the process of slow evaporation through the surface. Decoration is kept to a minimum - a wavy line - perhaps indicating their watery function But I was puzzled by the pot painted yellow - presumably the layer of paint would stop evaporation - so was this pot then a thing of beauty ? Strangely, these pots are not beautiful - their crudeness relegates them to the merely functional.
