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THBRoman Green Glazed Pottery Vessel, ex-Royal Athena
Lot 40a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
May 9, 2019
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2019-05-09 10:00:00
2019-05-09 10:00:00
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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. All legally acquired, legal to sell. Satisfaction guaranteed. Convenient in-house shipping. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. All legally acquired, legal to sell. Satisfaction guaranteed. Convenient in-house shipping. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A rare example of a glazed ceramic vessel, mold-made, with a beautiful floral motif in high relief around its exterior body. The vessel form is similar to a skyphos, with a round body, a pronounced foot, and two small, loop handles. A thick olive green and deep navy blue glaze covers much of the body, which has aged to have an interesting craquelured surface. Size: 4.75" W x 2.6" H (12.1 cm x 6.6 cm)
Roman glazed vessels were technically difficult to produce, and as a result are quite rare - for example, they were only produced at two locations in Roman Britain, Holt and Caerleon. Most were made in Italy, central Gaul, and possibly modern day Serbia and Romania. They were manufactured by dipping pottery items into a lead oxide "frit", a raw glaze suspended in water. When the vessel was fired, the lead oxide reacted with the silica in the clay, creating a color that ranged from yellow to green to dark brown.
See for example the lead-glazed skyphos at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=466043&partId=1&searchText=roman+glazed+skyphos&images=true&page=1
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#141995Intact, with excellent craquelure on remaining glaze on surface, and light encrustation in some small areas.Condition
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