STUNNING BYZANTINE SGRAFFITO WARE FOOTED CUP - EX ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM

拍品描述

Ca. AD 1300 - 1400. A sgraffito ware footed cup, amber and green glazed, with a flaring rim above a deep rounded body on a short stem and a spreading circular foot. The exterior is decorated with incised vertical divisions beneath a band of scrolling spirals framed by horizontal lines at the rim. The interior shows concentric registers of incised and painted bands, with spiral and curvilinear motifs around the walls and diagonal hatched bands across the floor. Size: 110mm x 125mm; Weight: 260g Provenance: Provenance: Property of a central London gallery; Ex collection of James Alfred Brew (1923 - 2008), collected in Cyprus during the 1960s. Thence by descent to Elaine Brew. Discovered in Elea. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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