Perfectly preserved Terra Sigillata jar with bust and boar
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Object number
AR3041
| Object: |
Voluminous jar with handle
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| Material: |
Terra sigillata
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| Date |
2nd - 4th century A.D. Roman Empire, North African workshop |
| Description: |
Voluminous jar with high neck, steep shoulder and ring-shaped base. The body is decorated with mould-made high relief applications. One side shows a boar, presumably the very popular Calydonian Boar, the other the bust of a man to the left. To both sides and above palm branches. |
| Size: |
Height 185 mm, diameter about 120 mm.
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved, delicate piece of ancient art. Only minimal wear.
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| Reference: |
Garbsch, TERRA SIGILLATA - Ein Weltreich im Spiegel seines Luxusgeschirrs. Katalog der Ausstellung der Prähistorischen Staatssammlung München (München, 1982) p. 97-98, Nr. 17
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2020 from the German private collection U. Kabs, inherited in this 2019 from the German private collection Dr. K. Kabst. Acquired December 21st, 1979, at Adolf Buch Antiquitäten, Kreuztal in Westf., Germany (copy of the invoice is preserved). Reported to have been found in El Aouja, Tunis.
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| Authenticity: |
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