VesselsRoman1st century CE

Terra Sigillata Cup with Bud and Flower Pattern

first century CE

Description

Fragmentary terra sigillata cup or broad beaker recomposed from several fragments. In shape the vessel has deep walls, a curved body, and no foot. The walls are decorated with alternating buds and flowers. A circle of flowers surrounds the foot. In this type of vessel the decoration was typically separated from the rim by a groove, in this case accented by a row of beads, above which would have been a plain rim (1). Classification: For similar types, Kenrick, in Elisabeth Ettinger, et. al. Conspectus Formarum Terrae Sigillatae Italico Modo Confectae (Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GMBH, 1990), Form R 11.1.1. 1. Toronto, J.W. Hayes, Roman Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum. A Catalogue. Toronto, 1976. p. 72 fig. 1, 56; a cup made by M. Perrenius Tigranus; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, inv. 97.379, a restored cup with similar decorative motifs.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Mold-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period, Early

Century

1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 7.5 × W. 4 cm (2 15/16 × 1 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Henry W. Haynes, Boston, MA (by 1912) bequest; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, 1912, transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

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