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Dish with figures in applied relief
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
3rd century A.D.
Place of Manufacture: Tunisia, Byzacena
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, North African Red Slip Ware
Dimensions
Height: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.); diameter: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Benjamin and Lucy Rowland Fund
Accession Number2001.263
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionDish on a vestigial ring base and with a single groove just below the rim of the interior. It is decorated with five appliqués, four of which are based on wild-beast shows: a five-plumed wreath, a charging lion, a venator kneeling behind his shield to protect himself from another lion, and Acteon, with horns sprouting from his head, being attacked by one of his own dogs. Fifth is a figure of Cupid.
ProvenanceJune 4, 1999, anonymous ("various properties") sale, Christie's, New York, lot 161, probably to Charles Ede Ltd., London [see note]; 2001, sold by Charles Ede Ltd. to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2001)
NOTE: Charles Ede Ltd, Catalogue of Roman Pottery IV (March 2001), no. 17.
NOTE: Charles Ede Ltd, Catalogue of Roman Pottery IV (March 2001), no. 17.