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BYZANTINE SGRAFFITO WARE CUP WITH A BIRD - EX ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM - Ca. AD 1300 - 1400 A sgraffito ware cup with a deep rounded bowl set over a short ring foot. The interior is covered with a pale slip with green washes and is decorated at the centre with an incised stylised bird in profile, shown standing on thin legs with a long beak, horned crest and pointed tail, the neck, breast and tail marked by closely spaced strokes. A narrow green band accents the inner rim. Size: 85mm x 160mm; Weight: 252g. 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 This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. Formerly in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.