Pot with Cover (lid)
Unknown Artist
100–200 CE
Medium
tan ware with gray and some brown burnished slip
Dimensions
h. 13.1 cm · diam. 15.6 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1992.127.b
About this artwork
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 (1...