Roman red slip pottery food mortar bowl

R50

£200.00

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A red slip ware pottery bowl with a ridged surface to the tondo. This ridged surface indicates that the bowl was probably used as a mortar in food preparation for grinding soft substances such as herbs.

Culture
Roman, North African colonies, mid 5th Century AD

Size
4.7 x 15.8 cms

Condition
Intact apart from a minute surface chip on the rim

Provenance
Ex. deceased estate, Suffolk, UK; acquired from Charles Ede Ltd on 15th November 2005. Formerly in the collection of Lord Dayton of Corran, Scotland. The Charles Ede receipt is included with the bowl.

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