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| | Terra Cotta Three Piece Bench, 19" tall |
 | | Terra Cotta in Italian means: “baked earth”, literally, any kind of fired clay but, in general usage, a kind of object—e.g., vessel, figure, or structural form—made from fairly coarse, porous clay that when fired assumes a colour ranging from dull ochre to red and usually is left unglazed. |
 | | Much Roman architecture is decorated with relief themes from mythology, especially of Dionysus and his revellers. |
 | | The use of terra-cotta for all purposes virtually died out between the end of the Roman Empire and the 14th century; in 15th-century Italy and Germany it appeared again, either molded or carved, and in its natural colour as friezes, moldings, or inset medallions decorating buildings. |
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