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LOT 0204
Byzantine Green-Glazed Sgraffito Bowl
CIRCA 12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (322 grams, 15.2 cm).
Broad with basal disc, cream-glazed inner face with green detailing, sgraffito design of tulip flowers and hatched bands. [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.
Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.10.15.1.
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