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While red-gloss terra sigillata wares dominated the Roman pottery industry, various other types of fine ware were produced intermittently. One distinctive group is made up of lead-glazed vessels such as this bowl, made at Tarsus in Cilicia (southern Asia Minor).
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Title: Terracotta stemmed bowl
Period: Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian
Date: 1st half of 1st century CE
Culture: Roman, Asia Minor, Tarsus
Medium: Terracotta; lead-glazed ware
Dimensions:
H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
diameter 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917
Object Number: 17.120.250
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