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Glazed bowl with a running sphinx

first half of the 13th century
Object PlaceByzantine
Medium/TechniqueCeramic; Sgraffito technique enriched with a yellowish brown color; Sardis Zeuxippus Ware
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 8.9 × 20.3 cm (3 1/2 × 8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Harold W. Bell
Accession number42.51
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On view
ClassificationsCeramics
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ProvenanceBetween 1910 and 1914, excavated at Sardis, under the auspices of the American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, by Harold Wilmerding Bell (b. 1885 - d. 1947), Boston [see note]; 1942, gift of Harold W. Bell to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 14, 1942)

NOTE: First lent to the MFA in 1915.