Terracotta fragment of a mold for a Megarian bowl

ca. 165–100 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

This fragment has all the salient characteristics of a mold used to manufacture a relief bowl: faint horizontal striations indicating it was wheel made; incised designs on a concave surface; and no trace of glaze. Preserved, as well, is part of the foot of the mold. The palm fronds, lotus petals and inverted Isis crown, which appears to the right of the central frond, are all typically Sardian motifs.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Terracotta fragment of a mold for a Megarian bowl
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 165–100 BCE
Culture: Greek, Asia Minor
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: h. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); w.3 1/8 in. (7.9cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926
Object Number: 26.199.109
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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