古罗马人 陶器 (白瓷) 酒杯 - Gallo Roman - 82 mm

Gallo-Roman Pottery (White Ware) Wine Cup

Culture / Period: Ancient Roman
Date / Period: 2nd century A.D.
Material: Pottery (white ware)
Dimensions: 82 x 102 mm
Condition: Good condition

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Provenance information:
Object Registration ID: 1.
The current owner purchased this Gallo-Roman white ware wine cup from the private collector Jan Bakker, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Jan Bakker stated that the object had been in his collection since 2025.
According to the previous owner, it had earlier formed part of the estate of a private collector in the Netherlands, who is stated to have assembled the collection in the 1960s–1970s.
Stated to have been found in the vicinity of Maastricht.
No further provenance information is available.

Background Information:
This vessel is a Gallo-Roman wine cup made in white ware, a fine light-coloured ceramic widely produced and used in the north-western provinces of the Roman Empire during the Imperial period. Cups of this type formed part of everyday tableware and were intended for the serving and drinking of beverages, especially wine. In Roman daily life, wine was an important element of domestic consumption and social dining, used both in ordinary meals and in more formal settings.

White ware was valued for its clean, pale surface and its more refined appearance when compared to coarser utilitarian pottery. Its manufacture reflects an organised ceramic tradition in which specialised workshops supplied vessels for regular household use in towns, settlements, and rural communities. This production belongs to a broader pattern of provincial Roman pottery-making, where local craftsmanship was adapted to forms and habits associated with Roman dining culture.

Within the wider Roman world, vessels of this kind illustrate the interaction between regional manufacture and Romanised ways of life. The 2nd century A.D., within the Roman Imperial period, was marked in many provinces by relative stability, economic integration, and sustained exchange. Ceramic wares such as this circulated through established local and regional trade networks, linking production centres with consumers across broad areas. Such vessels were traded across large distances, reaching regions such as present-day Germany and the Netherlands.

The stated find area near Maastricht is consistent with a region that formed part of the Roman province and was closely connected to routes of movement, commerce, and settlement. Objects of this kind help place local communities within the wider cultural and economic framework of the empire. They are of particular interest because they reflect ordinary domestic life rather than exceptional or ceremonial use, showing the forms and materials that once belonged to the Roman table.

This piece provides a direct and physical link to the people of antiquity, where such objects were part of everyday life. It forms a tangible connection to the ancient world, in which vessels of this kind played a practical role in daily use within the Roman provinces.