A Roman North African red slip ware terra sigillata flagon. The vessel has a rim collar on a tubular neck with twin ribbed handles decorated with a herringbone pattern extending to the shoulders. The flagon stands on a short ring foot.
 
Roman colonies of Northern Africa: Circa 250-300 AD.
 
Very fine condition.
Height 20 cms (7.9 ins).
 
Provenance: From a Danish private collection. In the period 1971-1991 deposited at the Odense University, study collection, department of Classical Archaeology.
 
For a similar type, see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1994-0720-3
 
This type of high-quality pottery was made of fine clay in central Tunisia. Although fine red slip ware, the so-called 'Arretine' ware, was first produced in Italy, African red slip ware was the most popular type of tableware in the Roman Empire by the 3rd century AD. Red slip ware pottery was made in Roman Africa from the 1st to the 7th century AD.
 
See our blog post on Roman pottery