Roman Gaulish large Samian Ware fragment with indistinct signature

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A fragment from a large terra sigillata (Samian Ware) pottery bowl decorated with dancing figures. The potter’s signature is indistinctly stamped on the vertical club next to the naked male figure.

 Culture 
Roman Gaul, early to mid 2nd Century AD

14.1 x 15.9 cms

 Condition 
Fragment

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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