Lot 67
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A rare example of a glazed ceramic vessel, mold-made, with a beautiful floral motif in high relief around its exterior body. The vessel form is similar to a skyphos, with a round body, a pronounced foot, and two small, loop handles. A thick olive green and deep navy blue glaze covers much of the body, which has aged to have an interesting craquelured surface. Size: 4.75" W x 2.6" H (12.1 cm x 6.6 cm)
Roman glazed vessels were technically difficult to produce, and as a result are quite rare - for example, they were only produced at two locations in Roman Britain, Holt and Caerleon. Most were made in Italy, central Gaul, and possibly modern day Serbia and Romania. They were manufactured by dipping pottery items into a lead oxide "frit", a raw glaze suspended in water. When the vessel was fired, the lead oxide reacted with the silica in the clay, creating a color that ranged from yellow to green to dark brown.
See for example the lead-glazed skyphos at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=466043&partId=1&searchText=roman+glazed+skyphos&images=true&page=1
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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- Condition: Intact, with excellent craquelure on remaining glaze on surface, and light encrustation in some small areas.
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