Well a clay slab pot is simply the framework for a pottery item as well as a technique to make clay boxes.

It's clay that you flatten with a roller to make into a perfect square or rectangle, it makes it easier to make a box.


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CHINESE use baked clay pot , played as a percussion instrument. INDIA In the state of Kerala ,union of India , the traditional clay pot used for cooking is called Chatti.This was usually used by the working classes especially for cooking heavily spiced ,hot fish curry. TAIWAN the chicken dish sanbeiji is prepared in a clay pot. JAPAN the clay pot used for cooking is called a donabe. VIETNAM the stew-like dish called kho is cooked in a clay pot.PHILIPPINES the traditional clay pot used for cooking is the palayok. KOREA a clay pot used in Confucian ritual music; derived from the Chinese used to mark beats or sections.