I have several large ceramic pots that I cannot bring in because they are to heavy to drag in.
I get plastic drop cloths from the dollar store. Set the pot in the middle of the plastic, pull it up and tie it on the side of the pot. You want your knot to hand down on the side.. Then another one is drapped over the pots. I put a rock so the top plastic does not blow away. The draped plastic keeps the rain and snow from getting under the pot and I push them close to the house.
Dry is what is needed. They cannot get wet. I have Spring Bulbs in the pots and in the summer I plant my tropicals and annuals in the pots.