03-23-2018, 10:04 PM
To continue the theme .... the use of a 'Victory' figure as decoration on the pottery vessels we know as 'Samian' in the UK (called 'terra sigillata' in the rest of Europe) is quite common. They are generally presented as a winged figure, holding out a laurel wreath and often carrying a palm frond in the other hand. These vessels were produced throughout the province of Gaul at all three of the traditional manufacturing areas (La Graufesenque, Lezoux and Rheinzabern) through the first two centuries AD.
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