Globular Pot
Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo-Roman, 2nd quarter 1st Century · 25–50 CE · Cleveland Museum of Art
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This pot is decorated with a pattern of leaves arranged in two rows, separated by parallel lines of dots. The vessel was thrown on a potter’s wheel and covered in a dark slip, leaving about two inches above the foot bare. After the Romans occupied Gaul (modern day France and Belgium) in the 1st century BCE, pots like this one with dark brown or black slips became increasingly popular in the northern provinces of the Roman Empire. This pot’s decoration was applied using the barbotine method, in which a reed or horn is used to pipe clay slip onto the surface.
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- Maker
- Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo-Roman, 2nd quarter 1st Century
- Date
- 25–50 CE
- Medium
- gray ware with black burnished slip and Barbotine decoration
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); Overall: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- Rhenish (Cologne)
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · On view · 103 Roman
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0