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Glazed bowl with a sphinx
Byzantine (Eastern Mediterranean)
Byzantine
13th century
Place of Origin: Turkey
Medium/Technique
Earthenware; brown and green sgraffito ware/St. Symeon ware
Dimensions
Overall: 13.3 x 33 cm (5 1/4 x 13 in.)
Other (foot): 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Other (foot): 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Edwin E. Jack Fund
Accession Number1970.11
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionRed clay; yellow lead glaze touched with green on inside of bowl and outer rim; sgraffito Sphinx in center; incised scrolls and bands decorating inner rim. Outer rim molded, crimped edge. Old cracks restored.
ProvenanceBy 1969, Mohammad Yeganeh (dealer; b. 1929 - d. 2012), Frankfurt; 1970, sold by Yeganeh to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 14, 1970)