Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo-Roman, mid-2nd Century / mid-100s CE
"Caster Ware" Vase with Hunt Scene
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs "Caster Ware" Vase with Hunt Scene as ceramic (Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo-Roman, mid-2nd Century · mid-100s CE).
“Hunt cups” like this one were a specialty of artisans working in Roman Cologne during the 2nd century CE.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this ceramic as reddish ware with black burnished slip and Barbotine decoration.
The museum's collection notes: The wide body of this vase is decorated with a hunting scene in which a stag, doe, hare, and hound chase each other around the vessel. Dotted lines above and below the animals form a border around the scene, though the heads of the creatures occasionally poke above it. While larger barbotine decorations were usually mold made and applied to a leather-hard surface, the figures on our pot were piped on by hand.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art"Caster Ware" Vase with Hunt SceneOriginal explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.