Terracotta lead-glazed scyphus (drinking cup) end of 1st century –early 1st century Roman Mold-made body, with applied handles. Pale green exterior and yellow-brown rim, with narrow, flaring lip and concave, narrow band below on exterior; convex-curving side; slightly flaring base ring; broad, flat base; small, raised center on interior of bottom; two ring handles on upper body, with projecting supports below; above each ring, thumb-rest, slanting upward and flanked by : matching pattern in high relief on both sides; two confronted sprays: at left,
Terracotta lead-glazed scyphus (drinking cup) end of 1st century –early 1st century Roman Mold-made body, with applied handles. Pale green exterior and yellow-brown rim, with narrow, flaring lip and concave, narrow band below on exterior; convex-curving side; slightly flaring base ring; broad, flat base; small, raised center on interior of bottom; two ring handles on upper body, with projecting supports below; above each ring, thumb-rest, slanting upward and flanked by : matching pattern in high relief on both sides; two confronted sprays: at left, vine or sycamore leaves; at right, ivy leaves and berries; all issuing from ties at top of sides, concealed by the handle. Above decoration, narrow band of ovules. Raised circle on inner edge of base ring; raised circle towards center of base. On upper surface of handles: in the middle two raised ridges run across top, with three bud-like knobs at the end; the finials are shaped as birds' , but one long firing crack across cup with floral sprays in relief made at Tarsus in Cilicia (southern Asia Minor).. Terracotta lead-glazed scyphus (drinking cup). Roman. end of 1st century –early 1st century Terracotta; lead-glazed ware made at Tarsus (Cilicia). Early Imperial, Augustan. Vases
Size: 4000px × 4000px
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