4th-5th century AD. A group of five redware ceramic bowls of Late Roman C-ware from Asia Minor, the smallest with carinated profile, regular horizontal reeding on the flange and radiating internal diagonal strokes. See Brown, A.C., Catalogue of Italian Terra-Sigillata in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1968; Webster G., CBA research report n.6, third edition: Romano-British coarse pottery, a student's guide, London, 1976; Ergün L., Gülseren K.S., 'Terra Sigillata and Red-Slipped Ware from Hadrianopolis in Southwestern Paphlagonia' in Anatolia Antiqua, Tome 20, 2012, pp.45-120. 3 kg total, 16.5 - 34.5cm (6 1/2 - 13 1/2"). From the private collection of Antony John Scammell (1937-2019); acquired on the UK art market from 1960-2000. Terra sigillata is used in archaeology as a general term for some of the fine red Ancient Roman pottery with glossy surface slips made in specific areas of the Roman Empire: African red slip ware (ARS) was the final development of terra sigillata. While the products of the Italian and Gaulish red-gloss industries flourished and were exported from their places of manufacture for at most a century or two each, ARS production continued for more than 500 years. Antony John Scammell (1937-2019) was born, and lived his entire life, in the city of Bristol, England. Already from an early age he was enthralled by history and the heroes that it created. While serving overseas with the British Army, Antony began collecting coins and banknotes and this led to collecting a variety of different items throughout his life. From the early 1960s onward, Antony invested in acquiring ancient artefacts. Antony's vast collections started with Egyptian antiquities, but soon branched into Greek and Roman civilisations. The Roman civilisation fascinated him most and, when family commitments allowed, archaeological digs were coordinated in the west of England. These digs uncovered numerous artefacts, many of which were donated to local museums. In retirement, the collecting continued apace, branching into UK coins, British Empire banknotes and fossils. [5]