Footed Bowl

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Footed Bowl

Place of OriginAncient Rome, from Syria

Date50 BCE-50 CE

DimensionsH: 4 7/32 in. (10.7 cm); Rim Diam: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm); Base Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm)

MediumMolded earthenware with lead glazes.

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1982.200

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic

Label TextThe Greek black- and red-figure vases in this gallery are decorated with slip, which is a slurry, or watery mixture, of fine clay particles painted on the surface of the vessel. This Roman bowl is decorated with true glazes, like modern pottery; ancient Roman potters invented shiny lead glazes. The glazes enhance a pattern of oak leaves and acorns that was popular during the reign of the emperor Augustus (27 BCE–14 CE). In its humble way, this ceramic bowl is emulating the more elaborate and costly silver cup with curling leaves displayed in this case.Comparative ReferencesSee also Davis, Charles Percy, "Roman-Syrian Pottery," Bulletin of the CIty Art Museum of St. Louis, vol. IX, no. 3, July 1924, pp. 34-41, especially bowl on p. 37.

cf. Charleston, Robert, Roman Pottery, London, 1955, pp. 24-31 and figs. 29a and 31b.

cf. Charleston, Robert, World Ceramics, New York, 1968, pp. 36-40.