A group of seven Roman fresco fragments, Roman Imperial, ca. 1st century AD Vessels - Faience The outer band is detailed

The outer band is detailed with a rhythmic pattern of stamped and punched dots

Each gold element is formed from two hemispheres

Medium:  Ceramic

285-287) but are very rare to be found in silver

was part of the 1976 Metropolitan Museum of Art's Treasures of Tutankhamun Exhibit

A group of seven Roman fresco fragments, Roman Imperial, ca. 1st century AD Vessels - Faience The outer band is detailedDelicately painted in blue, white, green, brown, red and yellow polychrome. These small fragments seem to belong to the second style of Roman painting, red panels representing highlight and shadow, decorated with vegetal interlaces. Some panels were probably framed by a red grenade fillet. Roman frescoes are the only surviving type of Roman painting, although literary references speak of painting on wood, ivory, and other materials. Frescoes were used