Sujet
Face Urn, 25-50. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Face Urn, 25-50. 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 the vases shown here. These jars?decorated with a human face (1992.125), animals (1992.126), a feather pattern (1992.183), a wheat pattern (1992.124), and vertical ribs (1992.127.a) were probably filled with foods or liquids and given either as gifts to an elaborate burial or as offerings to a god's shrine.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F80_276
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
46,1Mo (3,2Mo) / 34,7cm x 33,3cm / 4097 x 3929 (300dpi)