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
Light cream fabric with mica inclusions, covered with a brownish-red glossy slip on the exterior, extending to the interior and terminating at the edge of the foot. Deep body, constricted at the center by a broad, deep groove with two narrower grooves above. Low foot with mouldings on both sides. Flattened handles, each decorated with two longitudinal grooves.
Mould-made relief decoration comprising a band of egg-and-tongue, a double laurel wreath, terminating in a bow on one side and berries on the other.
Cracked but intact. Small restored chip on the rim.
Height: 3.5 in. (8.9 cm).
Published parallel:
Hayes, J. W., Roman Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1976, cat. 57.