Burnished or burnishing is the process making a pottery surface smoother and polishing it using a hard tool to compact the body surface and edges while pottery still in a dried leather-hard state before it is fired. After firing the piece is rubbed again with a hard tool until the surface is even and has a rich sheen. This was used by potters before the invention of glazes to make pieces more water tight as well as to finish them with a soft, tactile and subtle beauty.
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This ancient hand made ancient pottery juglet from biblical Judea has a globular body, a round base and a short neck flaring into a triangular mouth and its circular handle runs from its mouth to the shoulder.
Made for the wealthy African Red Slip Wares like this , Roman Empire piriform (pear shaped) flask is an unguentarium (tears vessel) that held healing salves, oils, ointments, and other precious items. Thin walled, resting on a round foot, wit a flared rim and graceful handle is a beautiful work of art with fine relief designs of a rosette, lion and palm leaves.
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