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LOT 0205
Byzantine Green Glazed Sgraffito-Ware Bowl
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (402 grams, 18 cm).
With reserved image of a bird with wings folded against the body, with old label to verso '5164 / 3.200 fm'.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. for a bowl of similar type in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.33.141.
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