Black-glaze Dish

Title: Black-glaze Dish
Inventory Number: A0018
Date Acquired: 1958
Source: Rohe Collection
Provenance: ?Italy
From Date: -399
To Date: -200
Description: Small plate w ring base decorated w impressed decoration on rim. Shallowly concave bowl w ca h rim decorated with palmettes between 2 incised bands and circle of palmettes around bowl center; offset vertical base with central torus. Solidly coated except for edge and interior of base.
State of Preservation: Small pick hole at juncture of rim and body; paint chipped all over; grayish incrustation on under side of bowl & rim.
Height: 3.34 cm
Max Diameter: 14.42cm
Rim Diameter: 14.42 cm
Base Diameter: 6.44 cm
Color: Clay body ca 10R 6/8 (light red); paint 5YR 3/1 (very dark gray).
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay