Relief Bowl

MS5957

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5957
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 1st century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Terra Sigillata
Iconography Lion Head
Description

No true foot. Small circular area sunk beneath level of bottom of wall. Wall profile broad and shallow. In center of interior is part of the head of a lion in high relief. Fine grained buff clay. Glaze largely red though shading to black on interior.

Length 9 cm
Width 6.5 cm
Thickness 1 cm
Other Number 255 uncertain - Collector Number

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