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MS4877WW
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4877WW |
| 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. 70-80 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Terra Sigillata |
| Description | South Gaulish marble bowl fragment. A yellow slip was brushed or sponged onto the surface before firing to create an intentional variation from the usual red. The slip was made from small quantities of the original liquified clay. |
| Height | 5.5 cm |
| Width | 3.75 cm |
| Thickness | 0.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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