Glazed bowl with a sphinx
13th century
Place of OriginTurkey
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware; brown and green sgraffito ware/St. Symeon ware
DimensionsOverall: 13.3 x 33 cm (5 1/4 x 13 in.)
Other (foot): 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Other (foot): 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineEdwin E. Jack Fund
Accession number1970.11
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1969, Mohammad Yeganeh (dealer; b. 1929 - d. 2012), Frankfurt; 1970, sold by Yeganeh to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 14, 1970)
13th century
first half of the 13th century
dated 1779
About 1500
8th–9th century A.D.
11th century
7th–8th century A.D.
about 1800
Porcelain: 1628–44, mounts: early 18th century
Porcelain: 1628–44, mounts: early 18th century