Terracotta Megarian bowl

ca. 165–150 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
inscribed "of Demetrios"

This bowl, like 98.8.26 nearby, is inscribed by the potter Demetrios. Although the decorative schemes differ, these bowls share a distinctive hemispherical profile suggesting that the workshop favored a specific shape of mold made ware.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta Megarian bowl
  • Period: Hellenistic
  • Date: ca. 165–150 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Argive
  • Medium: Terracotta; mold made
  • Dimensions: h. 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); d. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Gift of F. W. Rhinelander, 1898
  • Object Number: 98.8.32
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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