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Mould Fragment of a Bowl

Roman
Augustan Period
31 B.C.–A.D. 14

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Arretine ware
Dimensions Height x length: 7 x 7.8 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.842
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipmentMolds

Catalogue Raisonné Arretine Pottery (MFA), no. 017.
DescriptionArretine Ware fragment. All but lower portion of bearded satyr, emptying a wine-skin; at left (in impression); part of a lyre and a hand playing it; in background a fluted column.
Signed by C[ERDO] ? of the workshop of M. Perennius.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)