Terracotta Megarian bowl

Unknown

1st century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Narrow bands of tiny rosettes and interlocking ivy above a zone of alternating long petals, acanthus leaves and rosettes. On medallion, an eight petal rosette framed by two ridges. The reddish-brown glaze of this bowl, similar to that on 17.194.1825 nearby, suggests it was made in Asia Minor, and perhaps more specifically, Pergamon. Red-ware, as this type of pottery is called, had a relatively short period of production. It was ultimately supplanted by red-glossed Roman terra-sigillata and Arrentine pottery beginning around the middle of the 1st century B.C. Examples of such later wares may be seen in case 49 in this gallery.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Pergamene (?)

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917