Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
$900.00
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Eastern Sigillata ware. Pale cream, fine-grained fabric with a brown-gray slip covering the surface, leaving the lower body and base bare.
Cylindrical body with a broad, low foot, the central part of the underside slightly recessed. Two loop handles with horizontal thumb-rests, each with an outlined perimeter and raised central ridge. The upper wall is decorated in barbotine with leaf scrolls on both sides, extending from handle to handle.
Intact. Lime deposits and root marks.
Height: 2.5 in. (6.4 cm).
Parallels: J. W. Hayes, Handbook of Mediterranean Roman Pottery, University of Oklahoma Press, 1997, p. 56, fig. 21; J. W. Hayes, “Sigillate orientali,” in Ceramica fine romana nel bacino mediterraneo (tardo ellenismo e primo impero), Atlante delle forme ceramiche II, Enciclopedia dell’Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale, Rome, 1985, pp. 92–96.