A fine Roman African red slip ware dish with sides which slopes gently curve inwards at the top. Within floor of the dish is decorated with a central circle surrounded by four palm branch motifs; all within a rouletted and grooved band.
(The dish is published in the blog post Pottery fit for a Roman table).
 
Very Fine condition, complete and intact.
Width 27.5 cms (10.8 ins).
 
Roman colonies of Northern Africa: Circa mid-late 4th century AD.
 
Provenance: From a Danish private collection. In the period 1971 to 1991 deposited at the Odense University, study collection, department of Classical Archaeology.
 
Ref: For the stamped decoration, see type 9; page 26: Late Roman Pottery by J.W. Hayes By the 3rd century AD.
 
African red slip ware was the most popular type of tableware in the Roman Empire and beyond.
 
See our blog post Pottery fit for a Roman table