Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
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13th century A.D.
Colored Sgraffito ware. Orange-cream fabric with a thin white slip covering the interior and rim.
Shallow, curved body with a flat horizontal rim and low pedestal foot. The decoration is incised through the slip. The central motif consists of a triangle set against alternating crosshatched and plain segments, the composition enclosed by two concentric lines. The rim is decorated with a band of five leaves separated by linear motifs. Green splashes accent the incised decoration. Yellow glaze covers the interior and rim.
Mended from large fragments. Several chips.
Height: 2.2 in. (5.6 cm).
Diameter: 7.5 in. (19.1 cm).
For related pottery: E. D. Maguire, Ceramic Art from Byzantine Serres, University of Illinois Press, 1992.