Fragment of terra sigillata

ca. 170–220 CE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 169

These fragments demonstrate how some producers of Roman fineware pottery in the Rhineland experimented with incised decoration inspired by that found on contemporary glassware.
[Group label : 17.194.2005-.7]

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Title: Fragment of terra sigillata
Date: ca. 170–220 CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Terracotta; East Gaulish terra sigillata
Dimensions: 2 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 13/16 in. (6.5 × 7.9 × 2 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.2007
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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