Fragment of a Bowl with a Horse and Rider

Unknown

1200–1268 · Terracotta with green glaze over slip, decorated in sgraffito · Medieval Art

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. Similar examples have been found in Crusader castles in the Holy Land as well as Italy.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1200–1268

Medium

Terracotta with green glaze over slip, decorated in sgraffito

Culture

Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1984