Roman Terra Nigra beaker found 1907 in Cologne
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Object number
AR3194A
Object: |
Voluminous beaker
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Material: |
Greyish clay with black slip
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Date: |
Late 2nd - 3rd century A.D. Roman Empire |
Description: |
Voluminous beaker with thin foot and bar-shaped lip. The body is decorated with three bands of grooves applied with a small wheel.
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Size: |
Diameter 100 mm, height 100 mm.
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Condition: |
Very good condition. Two chips on lip, otherwise completely preserved incl. the black slip. On bottom sticker "No. 000627 v. Bassermann-Jordan Deidesheim" and writing "2968" in white. With a hand-written note (belonging to this beaker and another beaker with the number AR3194B) "Die römischen Tongefäße teilweise Doubletten aus dem Museum zu Köln, dort gefunden. 1907 F.B.J." = "the Roman pottery vessels, partially doublets, from the Roman museum in Cologne, found there. 1907 F.B.J."
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Reference: |
Gose, Gefäßtypen der römischen Keramik im Rheinland Bd. 1 (1976) Nr. 198
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Provenance: |
Acquired 2021 at a German auction house. Ex south Germany private collection G. Hauck, acquired 2002 from the collection of the viniculture historian Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan (1872-1959). Found in Cologne in 1907.
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Authenticity: |
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