Bowl with Lioness, 1100–1300, Byzantine, Earthenware, Overall: 2 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. ( x cm), Ceramics, Images of lions

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Bowl with Lioness, 1100–1300, Byzantine, Earthenware, Overall: 2 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. ( x cm), Ceramics, Images of lions were popular throughout the medieval world. Although lions were rare in Byzantium, they appear frequently in art—from illuminated manuscripts and elegant silver to everyday objects, such as ceramics and copper-alloy jewelry—and in literature, both secular and religious

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