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MS4877TT
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS4877TT |
Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
Manufacture Location | France | Gaul | La Graufesenque |
Period | Imperial Roman Period |
Date Made | ca. 50-100 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Terra Sigillata |
Description | South Gaulish vase fragment. Stylized plant motif made by a trailed slip technique called applied barbotine, similar to icing on a cake. |
Height | 6.75 cm |
Width | 9 cm |
Thickness | 0.75 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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