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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.
Provenancewith Cuvreau Expertise Encheres S.A.S, Vente No.60, 21 June 2009, no.149.
European private collection.
Cf. for a bowl of similar type in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.33.141.
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Circa 11th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £11,000
With rounded underside and flange rim; tondo with incised symmetrical vinescroll with bunches of grapes enclosing central disc with niello-filled Chi Rho flanked by alpha and omega; legend to the rim in capitals: '+++ ΥΠΕΡ ΑΝΑΠΑΥϹΕΩϹ ΕΥΧΗϹ ΟΝ ΟΙΔΕΝ ΟΘϹ ΤΑ ΟΝΟΜΑΤΑ' (For the eternal rest of him who had knowledge in the name of the Lord). 395 grams, 23.5 cm wide
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