A ROMAN RED-SLIP BARBOTINE WARE VESSEL

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN RED-SLIP BARBOTINE WARE VESSEL
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Probably from Gaul, the spherical body with a short neck and rounded rim, on a pedestal foot, decorated in the barbotine technique with ivy tendrils and scrolling, framing a peacock on either side, with dots perhaps representing clusters of grapes, the register framed by bands above and below
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high

Provenance

German Private Collection, acquired in the 1980s.

Lot Essay

An old collection sticker preserved on the neck.
For a similar example from central Gaul see pl. I in Johns, Arretine and Samian Pottery.

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