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These fragments demonstrate how some producers of Roman fineware pottery in the Rhineland experimented with incised decoration inspired by that found on contemporary glassware.
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Title: Fragment of terra sigillata
Date: ca. 170–220 CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 3 × 3 × 1/4 in. (7.6 × 7.7 × 0.6 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.2005
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