History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · New York, Scribner · leaf 541
ases could not have been baked inthem. They are principally cups, bowls, and dishes, the formerof hemispherical or cylindrical form and devoid of handles—a characteristic which usually distinguishes Roman from Greekpottery. Some of the moulds for Arretine ware in the BritishMuseum collection appear… … FIG. 219. ARRETINE KRATER WITH THE FOUR SEASONS (BRITISH MUSEUM). Other shapes are extremely rare, a notable exception beingthe beautiful krater in the British Museum with figures ofthe Seasons (Fig. 219), which, although found at Capua, iscertainly Arretine in style and technique. The technical…
Pottery, Ancient · Mythology, Greek
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