Red Slip bowl with relief decoration of birds, dolphins in waves, and figures of Eros with (wine?) vessels
Date60-150 CE
Periodearly Roman Empire
Object GeographyItaly
Geography NotesPotter active in Pisa
MediumCeramic (moldmade) with red slip and stamp
DimensionsHeight: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
Wall thickness at rim: 1/4 in. (0.64 cm)
Rim diameter exterior: 7 11/16 in. (19.6 cm)
Rim diameter interior: 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm)
Diameter interior after step down below rim: 6 3/16 in. (15.75 cm)
Base diameter: 2 13/16 in. (7.12 cm)
Diameter of lower body: 5 13/16 in. (14.84 cm)
Height of decorated zone lower body: 1 1/16 in. (2.62 cm)
Height of decorated zone upper body: 1 1/16 in. (2.62 cm)
Interior outer circle diameter: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)
Interior inner circle diameter: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
Interior stamp height: 3/16 in. (0.45-0.55 cm)
Interior stamp width: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
Wall thickness at rim: 1/4 in. (0.64 cm)
Rim diameter exterior: 7 11/16 in. (19.6 cm)
Rim diameter interior: 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm)
Diameter interior after step down below rim: 6 3/16 in. (15.75 cm)
Base diameter: 2 13/16 in. (7.12 cm)
Diameter of lower body: 5 13/16 in. (14.84 cm)
Height of decorated zone lower body: 1 1/16 in. (2.62 cm)
Height of decorated zone upper body: 1 1/16 in. (2.62 cm)
Interior outer circle diameter: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)
Interior inner circle diameter: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
Interior stamp height: 3/16 in. (0.45-0.55 cm)
Interior stamp width: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.927
Roman potters in northern Italy made red glossy pottery called Arretine ware. People from India to Britain used this kind of pottery. As on a drinking cup from Greece, also on display in this case, this vessel’s decoration includes dolphins, a reference to Dionysus (Bacchus), the god of wine.
On View
Not on viewColor
Fabric: not visible
Slip: 10R 4/6 (red)
Inclusions
not visible
second half of 6th to the 5th c. BCE
2100-1950 BCE