Regularly spaced on the exterior are Christograms, monograms for Christ's name, framed in martyrs' wreaths. Saints Peter and Paul appear on the interior base in a medallion similar to ones on gold glass vessels.
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Title:Bowl with Saints Peter and Paul
Date:ca. 350
Culture:Roman or Byzantine
Medium:Earthenware, glazed
Dimensions:Overall: 3 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (8.5 x 14 x 13.3 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Fletcher Fund, 1952
Object Number:52.25.1
Inscription: in medallion, inside of bottom: PETRVS PAVLVS
Found in a catacomb on the Via Appia, Rome; [ Attilio Simonetti (Italian), Rome]; Brummer Gallery, New York and Paris (from at least 1931 - 1949); Kouchakji Frères, Paris (sold 1952)
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan. "Exposition internationale d'art byzantin," May 28–July 9, 1931.
Baltimore Museum of Art. "Early Christian and Byzantine art, an exhibition held at the Baltimore Museum of Art," April 25–June 22, 1947.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century," November 19, 1977–February 12, 1978.
Trier, Germany. Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier. "Konstantin der Grosse: Imperator Caesar, Flavius, Constantinus," June 2, 2007–November 4, 2007.
Miner, Dorothy, ed. Early Christian and Byzantine Art: An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 1947. no. 642, p. 127.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "'Additions to the Collections,' Eighty-Third Annual Report of the Trustees for the Year 1952." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 12, no. 1 (Summer 1953). p. 17.
Weitzmann, Kurt, ed. Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979. no. 506, p. 569.
Evans, Helen C., Melanie Holcomb, and Robert Hallman. "The Arts of Byzantium." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, n.s., 58, no. 4 (Spring 2001). p. 12.
Demandt, Alexander, and Josef Engemann, ed. Konstantin der Große: Imperator Caesar, Flavius, Constantinus. Trier: Konstantin-Ausstellungsgesellschaft (Rhineland Palatinate/Diocese of Trier/City of Trier), 2007. p. 292, fig. 17, CD-ROM: I.13.89.
Howells, Daniel Thomas. A Catalogue of the Late Antique Gold Glass in the British Museum, edited by Chris Entwistle, and Liz James. London: British Museum Press, 2015. pp. 78–79, pl. 45.
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