Cleveland Museum of Art

Pot with Cover

Date

100–200 CE

Medium

tan ware with gray and some brown burnished slip

Culture

Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo-Roman, 2nd century

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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. The shiny surface of this pot was made using a technique called burnishing, performed by polishing a surface with a hard, smooth object.

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