Lot Essay
For similar examples of two, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see nos. 181 and 187 in Evans and Wixom, ed., The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era A.D. 843-1261.
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CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.
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FOUR BYZANTINE ENGRAVED SLIPWARE BOWLS
CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.
Three bowls each with a raptor, the larger two between folliate branches, the third encircled by two bands of floral motifs; and one with a small bird within four concentric bands of stylized scrollwork; each of red earthenware, with a greenish-yellow or cream slip
Largest: 10¼ in. (26 cm.) diameter (4)
CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.
Three bowls each with a raptor, the larger two between folliate branches, the third encircled by two bands of floral motifs; and one with a small bird within four concentric bands of stylized scrollwork; each of red earthenware, with a greenish-yellow or cream slip
Largest: 10¼ in. (26 cm.) diameter (4)
Provenance
Private Collection, Japan, acquired in the late 1970s-early 1980s.
A Private Collection; Christie's, New York, 12 December 2002, lot 111.
A Private Collection; Christie's, New York, 12 December 2002, lot 111.
Special Notice
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