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Title: Pierides Foundation Museum: Bowl
Start date: 1300
End date: 1399
Historical Period: Late Byzantine Period
Description: 

Bowl. Hard light red fabric. Raised base with pronounced ring moulding. Carinated form with slightly inverted vertical rim forming an angle with the body. A white slip covers the interior and exterior surfaces. Inside, the sgraffito pattern in the circular field consists of a woman's figure shown full-face with outstreched arms,. She wears a long dress and a long veil, and has an embroidered kerchief or scarf over the left arm. To her right, small rosettes adotn the field, while the narrow border below the lip has tagential circles. On the outside, the rim is decorated with horizontal parallel lines that cut across a zigzag lline. The decorative theme is enriched with large splashes of brownhish-yellow and green paint. The vase is covered inside and out by a green glazing.

Size: height: 10.2 cm, rim diameter: 14 cm, base diameter: 8 cm
Place: Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Cyprus  
Languages: No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium: ceramic (material)
Project: BYZART Project  
Fond: OUC Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation  
Physical type: pots (containers)
Material and technique: sgraffito (technique)
Data provider: Open University of Cyprus  
License: All rights reserved
Rights holder: Pierides Foundation Museum  
Appears in Collections:BYZART

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