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Cântaro (water jar)

Two-handled red clay jar beside a stone village fountain

A large, round-bellied vessel with a handle, for carrying liquids. It appears in the Portuguese expression "chover a cântaros" (to rain buckets).

Source: dicionario.priberam.org

AI-generated illustration in the manner of the tradition, not a photograph of a specific object.

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