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Pottery jar, Germanic, late 3rd century. The jar is burnished, imitating the sheen of imported Roman metal vessels, and has small handles with rusticated decoration on the lower half. Pottery vessels were made in individual households in western Germanic regions. The use of the potter's wheel was unknown. Instead the pots were built up from coils or small slabs of clay. The surfaces were then smoothed before firing in a bonfire covered with turf. Regional forms can often be distinguished, but the decoration could be more individualistic and both forms and patterns could change with fashion over time. This example was found in a male grave near Leuna, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany in 1834. M AND ME, 1867,7-4,1.

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART209497

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3297px × 4000px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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