大英博物館のインスタグラム(britishmuseum) - 6月17日 18時07分

This week we’re featuring some of the wonderful elephants in the Museum’s collection ?

This Roman vase from the 4th–3rd century BC would have been used at the dining table to pour small quantities of liquids such as oil. The main body of the vase was made using the pottery technique of wheel-throwing, while the trunk, legs and other details were added separately. Decoration in red paint was then added around the body and on the ears and eyes. To achieve the black finish, the vessel was immersed into a thin mixture of clay and water, known as a slip, before firing. 'Black Glaze' or 'Black Gloss' ware became the standard pottery tableware of the Hellenistic and early Roman period and was widely used throughout the Mediterranean. Central and southern Italy, with its numerous Greek colonies and strong Greek influence, was no exception.
At the time this piece was made, Rome had not yet conquered north Africa, where elephants still lived, and was not yet importing wild animals for use in the arena. Instead, it is possible that the potter who made the vase was inspired by the elephants which were brought into Italy by foreign rulers such as King Pyrrhus of Epirus or, more famously, Hannibal of Carthage.
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