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 viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1966, sold by Ziya Sofu through Hermann Rosenberg, Ars Antiqua, A.G., Lucerne, to the MFA for $1000. (Accession Date: November 4, 1966)
13th century
first half of the 13th century
about 1800
second half of the 12th century
Porcelain: 1628–44, mounts: early 18th century
Porcelain: 1628–44, mounts: early 18th century
dated 1779
About 1500