Byzantine Terracotta Pilgrim Flask with a Saint

6TH CENTURY A.D.

3 in. (3 1/2 in.) (47.2 grams, 77 mm (71.4 grams total, 91 mm including stand)).

Piriform in profile with two thick lug handles to the shoulder, obverse with low-relief facing figure holding a large cross and orb, reverse with facing figure with hand held up in the orans posture; with a display stand.

Provenance

Ex private collection, Mrs L.S., 1990s.
Acquired from the above, 2001.
Private European collection.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12110-218216.

Literature

Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, items 271-276, for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 0207