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LOT 0206
Byzantine Green Glazed Sgraffito-Ware Bowl
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (343 grams, 18 cm).
With inturned rim and three-colour (yellow, brown and green) glaze, incised foliage design.
Provenance
with Cuvreau Expertise Encheres S.A.S, Vente No.60, 21 June 2009, no.149.
European private collection.
Literature
Cf. for a bowl of similar type in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.33.141.
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