Roman Samian Ware mould fragment with sphinx decoration

R81

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A fragment from a pottery mould used to make Samian Ware bowls. The mould is decorated with two confronting sphinxes and a frontal bust, above these are the legs of further figures on an upper register divided by vertical fluted columns.

Culture
Roman, 1st or 2nd Century AD

Size
6.5 x 8.5 cms

Condition
Fragment as shown

Provenance
Ex. Brunet Collection, Les Baux-de-Provence, France; acquired before 1973 from the collection of the archaeologist and antiquarian G. Lepetit, France.

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