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Stamnos (handled jar) of terra sigillata
Roman
Early Imperial (Augustan) Period
30 B.C.–A.D. 25
Place of Manufacture: South Italy, Campania, possibly Cales
Medium/Technique
Ceramic with black glaze, Roman early relief ware
Dimensions
27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Torrey Morse
Accession Number00.500
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionJar of S. Italian situla form. Decorations of conventional character in bands encircling the vase; the principal band of columns with spiral flutings, with festoons between them.
Vase of terra sigillata; (Imitation of Arretine at Pozzuoli). Handles and base missing.
Vase of terra sigillata; (Imitation of Arretine at Pozzuoli). Handles and base missing.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: A. L. Frothingham, Jr. Collection (according to MFA Pottery and Porcelain Register 11, p. 148: purchased 1896 by Prof. A. L. Frothingham, Jr. from the widow of Alessandro Castellani; said to have been given by Napoleon III to Castellani); May 1, 1900: purchased by MFA from Prof. A. L. Frothingham, Jr., with a portion of a gift of money from Mrs. Samuel Torrey Morse (credit line reads: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Torrey Morse)