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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;smallaxe, post: 1768542, member: 13430&quot;]From the photo, it does look like that could be a handle pull-away scar at the 9 oclock position. But inspecting it in hand, it does not appear to be the case, and on the opposite side is undamaged glaze that could never have sported a handle. I get the sense y&#039;all have concluded the piece is relatively recent and French. I think you should at least hold open the possibility for other explanations (just as I hold open the possibility it is not ancient pottery).</p><p><br /></p><p>The only outfits that could afford the oceanographic equipment my relative sold would be sophisticated diving companies and institutions that had an idea of what they were doing. I remember when this piece was brought back in the 1960&#039;s. I only wish I had asked more about it before my relative passed away. I know from research that one of their customers was working on a 4th century Roman wreck off Turkey around that time, but I have no way of knowing now whether this piece is related to that. I just asked my brother, who is a few years older. His memory is similar to mine, except he said the customer retrieved it from the Aegean Sea (a detail my memory was more fuzzy on).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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