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LOT 0174

Byzantine Ceramic Pilgrim's Flask with St Menas and Inscription

CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

3 1/2 in. (101 grams, 89 mm).

Hollow body discoid in profile and lentoid in section with thick loop handles to the shoulders, low-relief scene of a nimbate man between beasts to obverse, Greek text to reverse 'AΓΙΟΥ / MHNA/EYΛO[ΓΙ]A' (the blessing of Saint Menas).

Provenance

Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s.

CONDITION

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LOT 0174

Byzantine Ceramic Pilgrim's Flask with St Menas and Inscription

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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