Roman pottery bowl with lid from El Djem in Tunisia
€450
available
Object number
AR3338A
| Object: |
Bowl with original lid
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| Material: |
Red clay with red slip
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| Date: |
About 1st - 3rd century A.D. Roman Empire |
| Description: |
Large bowl, the rim is slightly bent to the outside. With ring-shaped base. Slightly cylindrical lid with broad short knob handle.
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| Size: |
Diameter 207 mm, height 95 mm incl. lid.
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| Condition: |
The bowl is complete and undamaged, the lid is restored from three large fragments. Strong patina, except an ovoid area on the bowl which presumably had been covered by the lid. The lid is originally belonging to this bowl.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2022 from the German private collection E.S. Presented to E.S. in 2008 by Ms. Margarete Scheubert. Acquired by the Scheubert family in Tunisia between 1960 and 1974. Allegedly acquired in El Djem. Rudolf Scheubert, the husband of Margarete Scheubert, was a diplomat. In the 1960s, the Scheubert family had a close relationship to the former royal family of Tunisia and spent a lot of time in the country until 1974. Their son, Bernhard (Bernd) Scheubert, who was the partner of E.S., later became internationally known as the „Tunisia Painter“. |
| Authenticity: |
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