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Title: Pierides Foundation Museum: Bowl
Start date: 1200
End date: 1224
Historical Period: Late Byzantine Period
Description: 

Bowl. Hard red fabric. Low base with upturned ring, hemisherical boby, extrenally concave vertical rim. The decoration is rendered with broad lines incised on a thin layer of white slip that covers the inside surface and the external edge of the rim. The theme in the well is an anthropomorphic rosette with six petals. The masculine name ' Θόδωρο(ς)' (Thodoros) is incised in Greek between two of the petals; it is either the owner's name or the name of the artisan who decorated the bowl. A green glazing covers the interior surface of the vase and the rim externally. Assigned to the Paphos pottery production

Chronological details: early 13th century

Size: Height: 9.5 cm, rim diameter: 18.5 cm, base diameter: 7.5 cm
Place: Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Cyprus  
Languages: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Medium: ceramic (material)
Project: BYZART Project  
Fond: OUC Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation  
Physical type: pots (containers)
Material and technique: sgraffito (technique)
glazing (coating process)
Data provider: Open University of Cyprus  
License: All rights reserved
Rights holder: Pierides Foundation Museum  
Appears in Collections:BYZART

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