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Stamnos (handled jar) of terra sigillata

30 B.C.–A.D. 25

Place of Manufacturepossibly Cales, Campania, South Italy

Medium/TechniqueCeramic with black glaze, Roman early relief ware

Dimensions27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Samuel Torrey Morse

Accession number00.500

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ClassificationsVessels

Collections

Ancient Greece and Rome

ProvenanceBy date unknown: A. L. Frothingham, Jr. Collection (according to MFA Pottery and Porcelain Register 11, p. 148: purchased 1896 by Prof. A. L. Frothingham, Jr. from the widow of Alessandro Castellani; said to have been given by Napoleon III to Castellani); May 1, 1900: purchased by MFA from Prof. A. L. Frothingham, Jr., with a portion of a gift of money from Mrs. Samuel Torrey Morse (credit line reads: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Torrey Morse)