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LOT 0967
Byzantine Glazed Terracotta Sgraffito Bowl with Bird
CIRCA 13TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/4 in. (410 grams, 17 cm wide).
With carinated profile to the bowl and flared foot, carinated rim above segmented band to inner face, rosette and central tondo with sgraffito perching bird in profile. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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