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Roman Terracotta Spout Pitcher - SP.255
*CLICK ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE" Created during the Roman occupation of Israel, this elegant pouring vessel might have held water or wine. The horizontal fluting that encircles the body of the vessel accents the finely formed lip of the vessel. The addition of an integral pouring spout, just below the lip, is an ingenious feature that allows the user to tilt the vessel only slightly in order to pour from it. As we hold it in our hands today, admiring its simple beauty, we are aware of the touch of other hands long ago. Who might have held it when it was new? Were the dreams and emotions that guided their lives so very different from our own? The vessel's graceful unadorned shape appeals as much to the contemporary eye as it did to the culture that created it. Such artifacts, ordinary enough in their own age, connect us in an intimate way with the world of the past. In its presence, we cross the bridge of time and set the imagination on a journey of discovery. - (SP.255) |
