Terracotta bowl

Unknown

ca. 10–50 CE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The bowl is a typical example of plain Roman fineware pottery made at Arretium (modern Arezzo) in northern Italy. The vessels were mass produced and exported widely throughout the Roman world. Associated in particular with forts and other military sites, Arretine pottery was clearly very popular with soldiers serving on the frontiers of the Empire in northern Europe during the Julio-Claudian period. This bowl has in the center of the base a maker’s stamp in the shape of a footprint; it reads CORNELI (of Cornelius).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 10–50 CE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Purchase, David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc. Gift, 2002