Fragment of a Bowl with a Horse and Rider, 1200–1268, Made in Port Saint Symeon (now al-Mina/Samandag,Turkey), Byzantine, Terracotta with green glaze over slip, decorated in sgraffito, Overall: 6 3/4 x 1/2 x 10 5/8 x 3 3/8 in. (17.2 x 1.3 x 27 x 8.5 cm), Ceramics, When intact, this example of Port Saint Symeon ware may have shown the rider hunting with a falcon. It is typical of the wares produced in the 1200s at the Crusader port of the Byzantine city of Antioch, which fell to the Mamluks of Egypt in 1268
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Fragment, Bowl, Horse, Rider, 1200–1268, Port Saint Symeon, now al-Mina/Samandag, Turkey, Byzantine, Terracotta, green glaze, slip, decorated, sgraffito, Overall, 6 3/4 x 1/2 10 5/8 3 3/8, 17.2 1.3 27 8.5 cm, Ceramics, intact, example, Saint, Symeon, ware, shown, rider hunting, falcon, typical, wares produced, 1200s, Crusader port, Byzantine city, Antioch, fell, Mamluks, Egypt, 1268
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