Ceramic imitations of metalware in the late Hellenistic and early imperial Greek world : Mapping production centers using fabric provenance analysis
(2023) European Meeting in Ancient Ceramics — Location: pise (14.June.2023)
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- This research presents the results of a petrographic analysis of 140 black-glazed “Megarian” bowls from the late Hellenistic period, and 97 lead-glazed skyphoi attributable to the late Hellenistic and early imperial period. The pottery fragments, all mouldmade, were discovered in three significant sites of the Aegean region: Athens, Corinth, and Mytilene. The starting point of this research is the apparent inconsistency between the widely shared assertion that Athens and Corinth hosted thriving industries of black-glazed mouldmade bowls in the late 3rd and at least until the mid- 2nd century BC, while mouldmade vessels exhibiting late Hellenistic styles – including decorative patterns that are well-documented in central Greece – and covered with a lead glaze were not produced in mainland Greece, but instead were systematically imported from Mytilene and other industries of western Asia from the 1st century BC onwards.
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Liard, F. (2023). Ceramic imitations of metalware in the late Hellenistic and early imperial Greek world : Mapping production centers using fabric provenance analysis. European Meeting in Ancient Ceramics, pise. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/245185