Shallow, round, flat white dish with interior black linear design of bird standing in center surrounded by leafy vines
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

This intact, white, round dish is shallow and flat like a platter with edges that curve upwards. The view is of the interior of the dish, which is decorated in a black linear design of a large bird that is standing in the middle, encircled by leafy vines. The bird is facing the right with its head raised and looks at the viewer with its large eye. There is a dark stain that partially obscures the vine design on the lower right side of the dish.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.366
Title
Sgraffito Dish with Bird and Plant
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th century
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227472

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3700, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Roman Art
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Sgraffito
Dimensions
5 x 20 cm (1 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, MA, (by 1979), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1979.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.366
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Overlapping Realms: Arts of the Islamic World and India, 900-1900, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/02/2006 - 03/23/2008
  • 32Q: 3700 Roman, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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