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Mold for a bowl
Roman
Imperial Period
about 20 B.C. - 20 A.D
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Tuscany, Arretium (modern Arezzo)
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Arretine ware
Dimensions
Height: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.) Diameter: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.870
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Molds
Catalogue Raisonné
Arretine Pottery (MFA), no. 009.
DescriptionMold for a large bowl with nearly straight sides. Frieze with Herakles and Omphale seated in centaur-drawn chariots, each wearing the garments of the other; with attendant women and youths. At the top, a row of bosses and below a band of laurel leaf pattern. Put together from five fragments; nearly complete.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London; 1898, purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $69,618.13 [see note]. (Accession date: September 20, 1898)
Note: This figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940.
Note: This figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940.