Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Mold for Arretine Bowl

M. Perennius

Date

27 BCE–14 CE

Medium

terracotta

Culture

Italy, Roman, Augustan period

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Preserving nearly half of a mold for a relief-decorated terracotta bowl, these joining fragments show women and youths reclining at a symposium. On one side, a woman passes a bowl or cup to a youth, whom another youth reaches over to crown with a garland or wreath. A third youth reclines beside them, and a second woman sits on the next couch, looking away and holding a lyre on her raised knee. Above, within a stamped rectangle, appears the signature M. PERENN | TIGAANI. This mold includes an artist signature, reversed to appear properly in the final product.

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