Северная Африка

Roman North African Red Slip Fragment of Chiron Instructing Achilles, ca. 4th to 5th cent. A.D.

Piece renders Chiron the good Centaur instructing Achilles. A small fraction of Achilles can be seen just to Chiron's right.

See Herrmann and van den Hoek, pages 75-77. Roman North African redware fragments come from a very interesting time when

Pagan and Christian motifs where used on vessels produced for the games and other special events. A new and exciting book on the

subject has just come out, Light From the Age of Augustine by John J. Herrmann, Jr. and Annewies van den Hoek. This book sheds

new information on many pieces once misunderstood.

 W. 3 1/4".