Terracotta Megarian bowl
Rosettes banded by ridges above rows of stylized ferns
The floral motifs, matt glaze, and in-turned rim of this bowl are characteristics of pottery found in great quantities on the Greek island of Delos, an important trading center in the Cyclades. Potter stamps on many of these bowls, however, suggest that they were in fact made by workshops on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) and then imported to Delos. Bowl fragments with very similar relief decoration to this one have been found in Alexandria, Egypt and Tel Dor, Israel, attesting to the wide export of these ceramics throughout the eastern Mediterranean basin.
The floral motifs, matt glaze, and in-turned rim of this bowl are characteristics of pottery found in great quantities on the Greek island of Delos, an important trading center in the Cyclades. Potter stamps on many of these bowls, however, suggest that they were in fact made by workshops on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) and then imported to Delos. Bowl fragments with very similar relief decoration to this one have been found in Alexandria, Egypt and Tel Dor, Israel, attesting to the wide export of these ceramics throughout the eastern Mediterranean basin.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta Megarian bowl
- Period: Hellenistic
- Date: ca. 2nd–mid 1st century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Asia Minor
- Medium: Terracotta; mold made
- Dimensions: h. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); d. 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of F. W. Rhinelander, 1898
- Object Number: 98.8.23
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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