Arretine Ware is a very fine, thin-walled ceramic, with a smooth glossy red-slipped surface. It is named after Arretium (modern Arezzo in north Tuscany). This prized table ware, made of serving food and drink, was produced from about 40 BC to AD 30. The modeling of figures and the delicacy and balance of the mould-formed decorations in relief are Greek-inspired, often copying silver plate. Potters names are usually stamped on the floor of the vessel.

This fragment of a bowl features mould-formed relief of acanthus leaves, palmettes and draped figures.