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LOT 0968
Byzantine Green-Glazed Sgraffito Footed Bowl
CIRCA 12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 in. (390 grams, 16 cm).
Carinated in profile with flared base, green-glazed upper body; central roundel with scrolls, horizontal bands to the shoulder. [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.12.45.2.
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