Fragment of a Bowl with a Horse and Rider, 1200–1268


Fragment of a Bowl with a Horse and Rider, 1200–1268, Made in Port Saint Symeon (now al-Mina/Samandag,Turkey), Byzantine, Terracotta with green glaze over slip, decorated in sgraffito, Overall: 6 3/4 x 1/2 x 10 5/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( x x 27 x cm), Ceramics, When intact, this example of Port Saint Symeon ware may have shown the rider hunting with a falcon. It is typical of the wares produced in the 1200s at the Crusader port of the Byzantine city of Antioch, which fell to the Mamluks of Egypt in 1268


Size: 4631px × 3837px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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