Fragment of an African Red Slip vessel with applied decoration
Fragment of an African Red Slip vessel with applied decoration

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Fragment of an African Red Slip vessel with applied decoration,

3rd century CE

Roman
y1992-69.18

Information

Title
Fragment of an African Red Slip vessel with applied decoration
Dates

3rd century CE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
3.6 x 4.2 x 0.5 cm (1 7/16 x 1 5/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr., Memorial Collection Fund
Object Number
y1992-69.18
Place Made

North Africa

Period
African terra sigillata, Roman (style or period)
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics, fragments
Materials
ceramic
Subject
figures (representations), wings, applied decoration, paterae (containers), deities, mythology

Purchased by museum from Astarte Gallery, London, in 1992.

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