Ancient Roman Terracotta Ancient Roman Terra Sigillata Vase. H: 19.5 - (1)

ROMAN JAR VASE TERRA SIGILATTA Roman Empire 3rd Century AD Terra Sigillata Height 19. 5 cm PROVENANCE: Private collection formed between 1960 and 1980. Acquired from an English private collection. CONDITION: Intact. The handle has been reattached. There is a hole in the base. DESCRIPTION: A vase with a globular body, an arched handle, a flat rim and a long narrow neck decorated with a flat moulding. Decorating the body are various scenes with dieties and other persons placed below arches with vegetal decoration, all in relief and separated by vertical palmettes. The distinctive form, the type of production and the decoration all indicate that it was produced in the zone of the north of Africa, possibly around Tunis. A great quantity of vases of this type were exported from here to places all around the Mediterranean.