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Roman Red-Slip Flagon

$450.00

1st century A.D.

Cream fabric with a dark red slip covering the exterior and extending onto the interior below the rim and over the lower body. In some areas, the slip is fired gray-brown with a metallic shimmer.

Globular body with a parabolic neck, decorated with two shallow ridges on the upper part. Horizontal rim with a vertical edge and low pedestal foot. The handle is decorated on the exterior with two irregular longitudinal grooves.

Lime deposits and numerous root marks. Intact.

Height: 6.8 in. (17.3 cm).

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