Terracotta, Terra cotta or Terra-cotta (Italian: "baked earth",^[1] from the Latin terra cotta) is aclay-based unglazed ceramic,^[2] although the term can also be applied to glazed ceramics where the fired body is porous and red in color.^[3][4][5][6] Its uses include vessels (notably flower pots), water and waste water pipes and surface embellishment in building construction, along with sculpture such as the Terracotta Army and Greek terracotta figurines. The term is also used to refer to items made out of this material and to its natural, brownish orange color, which varies considerably. In archaeology and art history, "terracotta" is often used of objects not made on apotter's wheel, such as figurines, where objects made on the wheel from the same material, possibly even by the same person, are called pottery; the choice of term depending on the type of object rather than the material