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The work of Roman potters is very different from that of their Greek predecessors. Greek clay had allowed potters to throw thin-walled ceramics. Slips (paint) made from this clay had permitted painters to draw complicated scenes and figures with infinite care. As the Roman empire grew to include Germany and Britain, local clays found there were better for producing heavier pottery with three-dimensional decoration like this vase here. These jars—decorated with a human face (1992.125), animals (1992.126), a feather pattern (1992.183), a wheat pattern (1992.124), and vertical ribs (1992.127). were probably filled with foods or liquids and given either as gifts to an elaborate burial or as offerings to a god's shrine.
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156293
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Pot with Cover (lid)
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156293
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object
title
Pot with Cover (lid)
description
The work of Roman potters is very different from that of their Greek predecessors. Greek clay had allowed potters to throw thin-walled ceramics. Slips (paint) made from this clay had permitted painters to draw complicated scenes and figures with infinite care. As the Roman empire grew to include Germany and Britain, local clays found there were better for producing heavier pottery with three-dimensional decoration like this vase here. These jars—decorated with a human face (1992.125), animals (1992.126), a feather pattern (1992.183), a wheat pattern (1992.124), and vertical ribs (1992.127). were probably filled with foods or liquids and given either as gifts to an elaborate burial or as offerings to a god's shrine.
date
100–200 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60746530
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Ceramic
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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.)
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Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo-Roman, 2nd century
accession
1992.127.b
Source extras
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tan ware with gray and some brown burnished slip
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Pot with Cover (lid), 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.b
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GR - Roman
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:07:48.261000
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156293
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Roman
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tan ware with gray and some brown burnished slip
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