Circa 200-300 AD A large terracotta storage amphora with large bulbous shaped body and tapering neck, two finely moulded ribs to the centre, the rim everted with two looped identical handles with stylised nodules. Most likely from the region surrounding the Holy Lands. Excellent and large example of pottery. Supplied with a display stand. Pottery was manufactured in large quantities in ancient Rome, mostly for utilitarian purposes. It is found all over the former Roman Empire and beyond. The site of Monte Testaccio is a large waste mound in Rome made almost entirely of broken amphorae used for transporting and storing liquids and other products. It wasmon to divide Roman domestic pottery broadly into coarse wares and fine wares, the former being the everyday pottery jars, dishes and bowls that were used for cooking or the storage and transport of foods and other goods, and in some cases also as tableware, and which were often made and bought locally. Fine wares were serving vessels or tableware used for more formal dining, and are usually of more decorative and elegant appearance. For references to Roman pottery see: Hayes, John W. 1972. Late Roman Pottery. London: British School at Rome. Hayes, John W. 1997. Handbook of Mediterranean Roman Pottery. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Peacock, D. P. S. 1982. Pottery In the Roman World: An Ethnoarchaeological Approach. London: Longman. Peña, J. Theodore. 2007. Roman Pottery In the Archaeological Record. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press. Robinson, Henry Schroder. 1959. Pottery of the Roman Period: Chronology. Princeton, NJ: American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Allison, P., Pitts, M. and Colley, S. (Eds). 2018. Big Data on the Roman Table: new approaches to tablewares in the Roman world.Internet Archaeology. Size: L:870mm / W:470mm; 25.55kg Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in the 1990s on the UK art market.