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Roman
Republican Period
late 1st century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Arretine ware
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 11.3 x 15.8 cm (4 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number97.379
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Arretine Pottery (MFA), no. 128.
DescriptionBrilliant red clay; decorations in relief of conventional palmettes and leaves, spears, argive shields, etc.; broken and repaired; signed by Bargates, workman of Perennius.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Italy. Bought in Rome.); 1897: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 25,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 97.285-97.442 and 97.1104)