File:Neuss. sigillata. Curle, 1917, p. 143, fig. 10.jpg

English: Sigillata cup, “crater” style, found in Neuss (Novaesium), Germany. In James Curle, 1917, p. 143, fig. 10 Curle says about this : « krater found at Neuss, and preserved in the museum there, dating from about the reign of Tiberius [A.D. 14-37]. It has no maker's stamp, but from its style it may be regarded as of South Gaulish origin. The shape is still that of the Arretine vessels, but its decoration is much simpler than that of the cups from Haltern [of which 50% come from the pottery workshop of Lyon-la Muette, 30% from Pise and 10% from Arezzo]. There is no attempt at figures: we have merely a leafy scroll, light and graceful in its treatment; along its upper margin runs a line of egg-and-tassel moulding, while beneath it is a band of panels defined by dotted lines. The krater type, as we have seen, soon fell out of use. The carinated bowl which replaced it was in a large measure a modification of the earlier form. We have noted how the decoration of the krater type was frequently arranged in horizontal bands, especially in those examples in which arabesques or garlands had taken the place of figure subjects; and this feature is reproduced in the early bowls [that followed the kraters].» (Curle, p. 142).