Terracotta Megarian bowl

Unknown

ca. 165–150 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

inscribed "of Demetrios" The inscription on the foot of this bowl associates it with the potter's workshop of Demetrios-Iason. Many bowls carrying the signature of this atelier have been found during excavations of Argos, an important Peloponnesian city-state in antiquity.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 165–150 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Argive

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of F. W. Rhinelander, 1898