Roman terra sigillata erotic fragment depicting a couple on a couch

R15-s

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A fragment from a terra sigillata red gloss ware vessel with moulded erotic decoration. The fragment depicts the naked lower torso of a man on a couch and a partially clad woman balanced above him.

Culture:
Roman, 1st or 2nd Century AD

Size:
8.1 x 9.1 cms, display block 9.5 x 12.5 cms

Condition:
Fragment as shown

Provenance:
Deaccessioned from the Beate Uhse Erotic Museum, Berlin, Germany. Ex. collection Beate Uhse, Germany (1919-2001); acquired from a 19th Century collection. Museum inventory numbers and label under the base.

Beate Uhse was an early pioneer of gender equality, becoming a pilot in the 1930’s and founding reputedly the first sex shop in the world after World War II.

Mounted on a plaster display block showing a drawing of the missing parts of the decoration

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