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Other more complete bowls decorated with a similar scene are known. Isis sits on a throne amidships, flanked by Demeter holding a cornucopiae. In the stern of the boat a winged cupid sings to the goddess, and another figure probably accompanies him on a musical instrument.
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Title: Terracotta bowl fragment
Period: Late Imperial
Date: 350–430 CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Terracotta; African red slip ware
Dimensions: width 5 1/4in. (13.3cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.2039
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