BYZANTINE SGRAFFITO WARE FOOTED CUP WITH GEOMETRIC MOTIF - EX ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM. Ca. AD 1300 - 1400 A sgraffito ware footed cup with a rounded bowl rising from a broad flared foot. The exterior is decorated with a pair of encircling incised lines above a series of long tapering vertical strokes, with splashes of yellow and green glaze over a pale slip. The interior displays a central medallion with incised opposed scrolls divided by a narrow band, encircled by a plain cavetto and an upper border of small trails between concentric lines under a transparent glaze highlighted with yellow and green streaks. Size: 97mm x 82mm; Weight: 168g. Provenance: Property of a central London gallery; Ex collection of James Alfred Brew (1923–2008), collected in Cyprus during the 1960s, thence by descent to Elaine Brew Discovered in Elea For similar see: The Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Identifier: mmr_00138. Formerly in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.