Barbotine

Cup, 6.5 cm. high, Aswan, Egypt, 1st-2nd century AD, decorated with type A piped or trailed barbotine patterns.

Barbotine is the French for ceramic slip, or a mixture of clay and water used for moulding or decorating pottery.[1] In English the term is used for three different techniques of decorating pottery, though in all cases mainly for historical works. For clarity, these types are numbered here as A-C (which are not standard terms).

Gallo-Roman cup with type B barbotine or sprigged decoration
  1. ^ Or opne word for it in French engobe is also used in France and in some contexts in America

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