Byzantine shipwreck sgraffito dish with tree decoration

M44

£400.00

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A large glazed pottery dish with sgraffito decoration in the form of a tree surrounded by various bands of geometric patterns. The underside of the bowl is heavily encrusted with coral and other marine accretions indicating that it was recovered from a shipwreck.

Culture
Byzantine, 11th to 13th Century AD

Size
23.5 x 4.5 cms

Condition
Surface wear and chipping, extensive marine accretions to the base

Provenance
Ex. private collection, Copenhagen, Denmark; acquired 1960’s-1970’s. Purchased by the previous owner in a Copenhagen flea market as a saucer for a plant pot.

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