Harvard Art Museums > 1977.216.2450: Fragment of an Arretine Mold Signed: Rasini Memmi. Tools and Equipment Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fragment of an Arretine Mold Signed: Rasini Memmi. , 1977.216.2450,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/290694. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1977.216.2450 Title Fragment of an Arretine Mold Signed: Rasini Memmi. Classification Tools and Equipment Work Type mold Date 1st century BCE-1st century CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World Period Roman Republican period, Late, to Early Imperial Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/290694 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Stamped Dimensions 7.6 x 8.9 x 0.7 cm (3 x 3 1/2 x 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Henry W. Haynes, bequest; to the Department of the Classics Harvard University, 1912, transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912 Accession Year 1977 Object Number 1977.216.2450 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Fragment of a terracotta mold for making terra sigillata/Arretine pottery. The decoration consists of a series of repeating triangles and motifs from nature including rosettes, herons, and palmettes. Along the upper rim of the mold is the two-part stamp: RASINI MEMMI. Commentary Molds such as this were used in pottery workshops to make tableware with decoration (terra sigillata). The pattern was first stamped on the interior of the mold and appeared in relief on the final vessel. Vessels were often stamped with a signature. The signature on this mold most likely refers to the potter Rasinius and his partner Memmius, or their workshop (1). The Rasinius workshop was active from the 1st century BCE-mid first century CE. This decorative style was common on Arretine pottery of the first century BCE with parallels in the ouevre of Rasinius (2). Notes: 1. A. Stenico, La ceramica arretina, I: Museo archeologico di Arezzo. Rasinius, I (Varese and Milan 1966) p. 77; P. Kenrick, Corpus Vasorum Arretinorum, 2nd edition (Bonn 2000), 1136.1; 1622.2. 2. Fragment from a mold, Arezzo, Archaeological Museum, inv. 9022: M.T. Marabini Moevs, "The Italian Sigillata," Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Supplementary Volumes, vol. 3 Cosa: The Italian Sigillata (2006): p.105 fig. 32, in A. Stenico, La ceramica arretina, I: Museo archeologico di Arezzo. Rasinius, I, n. 192, pl. 36. Publication History George H. Chase and Mary Zelia Pease, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 8, Fogg Museum and Gallatin Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1942), p. 48, pl. XXX.1 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
