Etruscan or Roman plate
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Object number
AR2963
| Object: |
Plate or shallow bowl
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| Material: |
White-red clay with black slip
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| Date: |
About 4th century B.C. - 2nd century A.D. Etruscan or Roman |
| Description: |
Deep plate or shallow bowl with small base. The rim is slightly bent to the inside. Two holes close to the rim were used to store/suspend the object in the antiquity.
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| Size: |
Height 39 mm, diameter 155 mm
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| Condition: |
Very well preserved, with small chips at rim. Black slip is widely preserved. Two holes made during production of the piece.
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| References: |
Such plates or bowls were widely used, with minimal changes of the functional shape over time. For comparable pieces from Magna Graecia, however with the rim opening to the outside, see e.g.: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Ostschweiz Locarno [Switzerland Fascicule 5] (Zürich 1979) Pl. 54.34 IIn Roman times, the rim more frequently is bent to the inside, see e.g.: Gose, Gefäßtypen der römischen Keramik im Rheinland Bd. 1 (1976) Nr. 31;33 (this piece however from Terra Sigillata) |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2017 from the German private collection Spielmann, in which the object was acquired December 1966 from Hermann Zirkel Gallery, Cologne, Germany. The original invoice is preserved.
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| Authenticity: |
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