Globular Pot
AD 25–50
Maker Unknown
Greek and Roman Art
Globular Pot, AD 25–50. Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo-Roman, 2nd quarter 1st Century. Gray ware with black burnished slip and Barbotine decoration; diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); overall: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1992.124 Pots from this part of the Roman empire are decorated with texture rather than color due to the quality of the clay.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted 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.)
- Departments
- Greek and Roman Art
- Accession Number
- 1992.124
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Selected Acquisitions, CMA 1993: "Selected Acquisitions," Bull., 80 (Feb. 1993), p. 65, no. 7, repr. p. 41
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 103 Roman
Have a concern, a correction, or something to add?
