Byzantine Glazed Sgraffito-Ware Shipwreck Bowl

12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.

8 5/8 in. (544 grams, 22 cm).

With glazed upper face and basal ring; central reserved motif of a hare within concentric rings, with signs of sea encrustations.

Provenance

Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12046-211891.

Literature

Cf. similar in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.971.147.2.

CONDITION

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