A Samian Ware Pottery Bowl, Roman Imperial, 2nd Century A.D.

covered in polished red slip, with splayed foot-ring, the vertical walls molded in relief in Barbotine style with a dog in pursuit of a hare, scrolling ivy leaves in between.

Christopher Sheppard Ancient and Antique Glass, London
Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, early 1980s
Sotheby's, London, July 11th, 1988, no. 349, illus.
Hesperia Fine Arts, New York, November 27th, 1990, no. 151, illus.
Sotheby's, New York, June 8th, 1994, no. 191, illus.
Christie's, London, October 25th, 2006, illus.

Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, Kunst der Antike, Katalog 11, 1995, no. 221, illus.

Repaired from mostly large fragments, with some areas of skillful restoration on the rim and smaller ones elsewhere. The glaze and exterior decoration are in good shape, except for the muzzle of the dog which is restored.
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For related examples see C. Johns, Arretine and Samian Pottery, 1971, pl. 1 (British Museum M.2336), F. Oelmann, Die Keramik des Kastells Niederbieber (Materialen zur römisch-germanischen Keramik, vol. 1), Frankfurt, 1914, pl. I, no. 9, and K.P. Stähler, Kunstwerke der Antike: eine dortmunder Sammlung, Dortmund, 1988, p. 124, no. 117, pl. 73b.