Heel-mounted bowl in sigillated ceramic with red slip, the r - Lot 43

Heel-mounted bowl in sigillated ceramic with red slip, the rim decorated with two molded and mounted theater masks and two applied interlaces, maker's stamp in the center in a cartouche in the form of a sole. Gallo-Roman art, 2nd - 3rd century. Dimensions: 5.7 x 23 cm. Restorations and lack of patina Provenance : Former European collection. Notes Sigillata ceramics, formerly known as Samian pottery, are fine tableware wares typical of Roman Antiquity. It is characterized by a more or less light, red-gray slip, fired in an oxidizing atmosphere, and by relief, molded, printed or applied decoration. Some pieces bear the stamps that gave this type of pottery its name, sigillum, from sigillum, the seal. From the reign of Augustus onwards, this type of pottery met with great success throughout the Mediterranean world.