Dish
MS5854
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Germany | Rhine Valley
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5854 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman | Gaulish |
| Provenience | Germany | Rhine Valley |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | Late 1st-early 2nd c. CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Terra Sigillata |
| Description | Small Central Gaulish Red-gloss dish. Intact. Shape resembles, in miniature, a Roman mortar, lacking the spout. Constricted foot, low body, broadly overhanging rim. Plastic applied leaves on rim. Excellent red glaze. A small wheel-run circle beneath glaze around center of floor. |
| Height | 2.5 cm |
| Width | 3.5 cm |
| Depth | 7.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890 |
| Other Number | 5640 - Old Museum Number |
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