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LOT 0165

Byzantine Green Glazed Sgraffito Bowl with Lion

12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

6 3/4 in. (340 grams, 17.2 cm wide).

A roughly hemispherical ceramic bowl with splayed foot, decorated with a green glaze to the interior and exterior faces, a stylised leaping lion incised to the interior with decorative banding to the rim above, restored.

Provenance

Ex private German collection, 1980s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11636-198828.

Literature

Cf. sgraffito technique on a 14th century, glazed earthenware bowl in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York under reference number 33.141.

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LOT 0165

Byzantine Green Glazed Sgraffito Bowl with Lion

Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)

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