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Glazed bowl with snake-shaped head creatures

13th century
Object PlaceByzantine
Medium/TechniqueCeramic; brown and green sgraffito ware/St. Symeon ware (?)
DimensionsOverall: 9.5 x 20.6 cm (3 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit LineSeth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession number66.892
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1966, sold by Ziya Sofu through Hermann Rosenberg, Ars Antiqua, A.G., Lucerne, to the MFA for $1000. (Accession Date: November 4, 1966)
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Group shot (L to R): 13.440, 13.439
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