Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Lot 118

Three Byzantine polychrome sgraffito ware chalices
3

7 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,080 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Antiquities specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

Three Byzantine polychrome sgraffito ware chalices
Circa 12th-14th Century A.D.
Each with glazed decoration in ochre and green on cream, the smallest with a sgraffito incised bird motif on the interior and a band of plaited design on the exterior; the largest with interior decorated with scrolls and a herringbone motif; and a chalice the interior with a tondo of stylised foliate motifs, 9.5cm; 12cm and 14cm diam. (3)

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Hayes Collection UK, acquired prior to 1988.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

A Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone with dedication inscription of King Lipit-Ishtar of Isin

A small Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone inscribed for King Sin-Kashid of Uruk

A Neo-Assyrian or Neo-Hittite bronze helmet with pelta-shaped cheek-pieces

An Attic pottery tankard with geometric decoration

A Greek pottery alabastron in the form of a greaved leg

A Greek terracotta female figure with a bird perched on her shoulder