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    "localId": "156291",
    "label": "Pot with Cover",
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    "id": "156291",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Pot with Cover",
    "description": "This elegant pot with its matching lid was made using a potter’s wheel, evident from the subtle horizontal rings that are visible across the belly of the vessel. The vertical ribs were added after the pot was removed from the wheel, using a thick clay paste. The vessel’s lid suggests that it was used for storage.",
    "date": "100–200 CE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.127",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60779644"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.127/1992.127_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.); Overall: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.); Lid: 2.2 x 9.8 cm (7/8 x 3 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo-Roman, 2nd century"
    ],
    "accession": "1992.127"
}

{
    "tec": "tan ware with gray and some brown burnished slip",
    "tombstone": "Pot with Cover, 100–200 CE. Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo-Roman, 2nd century. Tan ware with gray and some brown burnished slip; diameter: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.); overall: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.); lid: 2.2 x 9.8 cm (7/8 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1992.127",
    "collection": "GR - Roman",
    "didYouKnow": "The shiny surface of this pot was made using a technique called burnishing, performed by polishing a surface with a hard, smooth object.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Turner, Evan H. \"The Year in Review for 1992.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 41; Mentioned: p. 41, 65",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161388"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.127",
    "creditline": "John L. Severance Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:07:54.779000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.127/1992.127_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 156291,
    "dept": "Greek and Roman Art",
    "coll": "GR - Roman",
    "med": "tan ware with gray and some brown burnished slip",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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