Lot 26
Near East/Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 13th century CE. A pair of well-preserved pottery bowls with a decorated interior that is incised with birds and linear patterning. The bowls are very similar, they rest on a ring foot and the broad dish flares upward to a thick rim and shallow basin. The bowl has two narrow bands of repeated triangular motifs encircling the interior and the central tondo contains a large bird in profile- other than proportions, the bird is nearly identical on both bowls. Remains of a white glaze slip is still present over much of the interior surface of both, a decoration technique called sgraffito, with the design incised through a white slip coating to reveal the red clay body beneath. These bowls were made and exported throughout the Empire, and have been found in numerous shipwrecks, especially in the Aegean Sea. Size: 10" W x 3.5" H (25.4 cm x 8.9 cm)
Provenance: private East Coast collection, New York, USA; ex-East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, acquired before 2010
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#166070
- Condition: Surface abrasions and chips, otherwise both are intact, with remains of the white glaze on the interior of both. Mineral deposits and abrasions, particularly on the exterior likely from time spent underwater.
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