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

Overview

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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