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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.)
Credit LineEdwin E. Jack Fund
Accession number1970.11
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1969, Mohammad Yeganeh (dealer; b. 1929 - d. 2012), Frankfurt; 1970, sold by Yeganeh to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 14, 1970)
Glazed bowl with a running sphinx
first half of the 13th century
Group shot (L to R): 13.440, 13.439
dated 1779
Dish
Bologna
early 16th century
Phoenix-headed Ewer
8th–9th century A.D.
Bottle with abstract design
7th–8th century A.D.
Pie plate
about 1800
Mounted bowl with figural decoration
Porcelain: 1628–44, mounts: early 18th century