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Vase

100-200 AD

Pear-shaped body, with small base and wide mouth. The upper part is decorated with slip decoration in relief and "engine turned" ornament, there ase two hound pursuing a hare, between two rows of dots. It is unevenly covered in black and red glaze.


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Brief description
White earthenware body, with relief slip decoration, covered with an uneven black and red glaze.
Physical description
Pear-shaped body, with small base and wide mouth. The upper part is decorated with slip decoration in relief and "engine turned" ornament, there ase two hound pursuing a hare, between two rows of dots. It is unevenly covered in black and red glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.9cm
  • Diameter: 12cm
Style
Credit line
Formerly in Leven Collection. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jeremy St. Collection.
Production
Found at Cologne
Association
Collection
Accession number
1939-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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