Illustrations of the remains of Roman art, in Cirencester, the site of antient Corinium (1850)
Buckman, James, 1816-1884, Newmarch, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1824-1903 · London, G. Bell; Cirencester, Baily and Jones · leaf 129
making vessels of this structure. The Amphora, or vrine jar of the Ro-mans, from its great size and requiredstrength, was frequently of the kind ofPottery described, tliough a hard kind ofred ware was also employed for this ves-sel. The Amphora was a vessel of the formshown in our cut; it had a… … in two places, one of which is a very im-perfect impression, hence probably thereason for the repetition. This kind of w- Amphora. vessel tapered away, more or less rapidly, in various examples almost toa point, the inverted cone of the base being thick and solid ; these bases areoften found in…
Art, Roman · Cirencester (England) -- Antiquities, Roman
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