EditorialKylix, Terra-cotta, High concave rim. The body decorated on the exterior with three bands of red containing radiated strokes, rabbits and reversed floral decoration joined by fillets. Interior centered with 'eye' and red stripe at base of rim., Greece,...
EditorialJug, Glazed earthenware, Cylindrical, with cut slab handle running top to bottom on one side. Large all-over diamond-shaped motifs repeat around middle, narrow patterned bands at top and bottom. Buff clay with overglaze, painted green, blue, and terra-...
EditorialDado, Block printed on handmade paper, A purple urn containing bouquet of black foliage, flanked by griffons, printed in grisaille, seated on foliage scroll. Outside these, pilaster with interlacing foliage design or guilloche in a purple inset panel, ...
EditorialRound disc of red soil. On the front in low relief three mountains with three trees in front, on the left above a coat of arms with two crossed keys. Below that, also in low relief: TERRA SIGIL.
EditorialLike Frankenstein’s creature, they trail us across time and terra. Let’s set ourselves free of mediocre old photos. (Tanner Curtis and Gray Beltran/The New York Times)
EditorialLike Frankenstein’s creature, they trail us across time and terra. Let’s set ourselves free of mediocre old photos. (Tanner Curtis and Gray Beltran/The New York Times)
EditorialEarth (Terra), Earth. Round bronze plaque, surrounded by a flat border. The naked, female figure is seated on the left, the head is wreathed, and a bunch of flowers in her left hand raised, her right arm is supported by a vase of fruits, behind her a t...
EditorialTerracotta bowl, 2nd half of 1st century AD, Roman, Terracotta; red slip ware, 1 7/8in. (4.8cm), Vases, Red-glazed plate with vase; terra sigillata; leaf design in barbotine.
EditorialTerracotta plate, Mid Imperial, mid-2nd century A.D., Roman, Terracotta; East Gaulish terra sigillata ware, H. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm), Vases, The large carved handles resemble those found on contemporary Roman silver or bronze serving dishes and trays. A...
EditorialTerracotta amphora (jar), Early Imperial, 2nd half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Terracotta; Eastern Sigillata A ware, H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm), Vases, Red glazed vase with two handles and incised lines on shoulder; terra sigillata.
EditorialFragment of terra sigillata, ca. A.D. 170?220, Roman, Terracotta; East Gaulish terra sigillata, 2 9/16 ? 3 1/8 ? 13/16 in. (6.5 ? 7.9 ? 2 cm), Vases, These fragments demonstrate how some producers of Roman fineware pottery in the Rhineland experimented...