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Three Byzantine sgraffiato pottery vessels Eastern Mediterranean, 12th Century(3)
Three Byzantine sgraffiato pottery vessels Eastern Mediterranean, 12th Century comprising a splashware chalice of squat form on a long splayed foot decorated in ochre and green on a cream ground, a roundel containing incised vegetal and lozenge motifs to the well, the exterior and interior walls with bands of incised vegetal and zig-zag design; a small bowl of rounded form on a short foot, decorated in pale green glaze, with two incised stripes to the rim; and a fragment of a splashware dish on a short foot, decorated in dark green and ochre on a cream ground, the well with a central incised roundel containing a flowerhead surrounded by vegetal motifs and concentric circles the largest 12.9 cm. diam., 10.8 cm. high(3) Footnotes: Provenance The collection of the late Terence Mullaly. Terence Mullaly (1927-2020) was an art historian, journalist, lecturer and broadcaster who specialised in Italian art with a particular interest in the Veronese and Venetian schools, but whose collecting taste was wide-ranging. He was art critic for the Daily Telegraph (1958-1986) as well as contributing to Apollo and Burlington Magazine. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
Three Byzantine sgraffiato pottery vessels Eastern Mediterranean, 12th Century comprising a splashware chalice of squat form on a long splayed foot decorated in ochre and green on a cream ground, a roundel containing incised vegetal and lozenge motifs to the well, the exterior and interior walls with bands of incised vegetal and zig-zag design; a small bowl of rounded form on a short foot, decorated in pale green glaze, with two incised stripes to the rim; and a fragment of a splashware dish on a short foot, decorated in dark green and ochre on a cream ground, the well with a central incised roundel containing a flowerhead surrounded by vegetal motifs and concentric circles the largest 12.9 cm. diam., 10.8 cm. high(3) Footnotes: Provenance The collection of the late Terence Mullaly. Terence Mullaly (1927-2020) was an art historian, journalist, lecturer and broadcaster who specialised in Italian art with a particular interest in the Veronese and Venetian schools, but whose collecting taste was wide-ranging. He was art critic for the Daily Telegraph (1958-1986) as well as contributing to Apollo and Burlington Magazine. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing