Lot no. 819
EGYPTIAN OR SYRIAN POTTERY SHERD - ex. BONHAMS.
Ca. AD 1400 - 1500.
A glazed ceramic sherd with a bichrome blue-on-turquoise design. One side displays part of a register with geometric patterning and a striding quadruped above a stylised floral motif. The reverse bears a dotted band and stylised vegetal elements.
For similar see: Museo Internazionale della ceramica di faenze, Guida alla sezione del Vicino oriente ed Egitto antichi. Emil Edizioni, 2020, p. 36, f. 5-7.
Size: 90mm x 80mm; Weight: 40g
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Bonhams, Sale 17823, 15 April 2010, Lot 194.
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