The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Fragment of a Mold for Arretine Bowl

27 BCE–14 CE

Italy, Roman

terracotta
Overall: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1916.2010
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Arretine ware takes its name from Arretium (modern Arezzo, Italy), a major production site.

Description

Showing a young man and woman reclining, probably at a symposium, this fragment comes from a mold that would have been used to produce relief-decorated terracotta bowls. For less affluent consumers, such products may have served as affordable alternatives to costlier versions made with precious metal.
  • Beazley Archive. n.d. Beazley Archive Pottery Database. Oxford: Beazley Archive. BAPD 1001481 www.beazley.ox.ac.uk
    Boulter, C. G, Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, [united States of America], The Cleveland Museum of Art. Fasc. 15. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1971. Mentioned: P. 31, Pl. 48, 5; Reproduced: Pl. 48, 5
  • Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
    Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment of a Mold for Arretine Bowl|url=false|author=|year=27 BCE–14 CE|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

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