08-11-2012, 01:31 AM
A few years ago when I visited the Museum of Antiquities, I spoke with Lindsey Alison-Jones, who told me that all the paterae she had seen had been cast, with the sides of the bowl having been pared down to a much thinner gauge on a lathe, hence the thick base and rim but thin sides.
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