A good Roman Redware Platter, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE

An excellent example of Roman redware pottery, this dish has a flat base and short, slightly curved sides, the interior with four circular designs at the tondo. Medium: Clay Dimensions: Diameter: 8 1/2 inches (21.6 cm), Height: 1 1/4 inches (3 cm) Condition: Intact and in very good condition overall. Provenance: Ambassador Allen Clayton Davis (1927 - ) private collection, acquired between (1968-1970). Ambassador Allen Clayton Davis's diplomatic career in Africa spanned a period of thirty years. Beginning in 1958, he served in Washington, and then he went to Africa for the first time, as a consular/political officer in Liberia. From 1960 through 1965, Davis served in Washington as a desk officer, first for African Affairs, and he was then assigned to the Western European Affairs bureau on the Belgian desk. In 1966, he was sent to Moscow as a political officer, and in 1968, Davis returned to Africa, first for an assignment in Ouagadougou in Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) as th