Beaker
29-218-14
From: Holland | Nijmegen
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-218-14 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Holland | Nijmegen |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 190-260 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Wheel Made |
| Description | "Varnished Beaker." Wheelmade. Intact but for two large chips at neck;rim; foot chipped, glaze flaked off. Beaded flat foot beneath low cylindrical pedestal, globular body, tall neck narrowing to beaded rim. Wheelrun grooves in shoulder area and between lower belly and foot. Light ware of fine clay, fired buff throughout, black (manganese oxide) burnished glaze interior and exterior. Imitating fine metallic Rhenish ware. |
| Height | 14.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with the Rijksmuseum Van Oudheden te Leiden, 1912 |
| Other Number | Leiden L1907/8.21 - Collector Number | (C) II.252 - Collector Number | 14 - Other Number |
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