Dish of brown, fine-grained clay covered with a white slip. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: Late 12th-early 13th c. The decoration is in champlevé, while the individual details are incised. A large standing bird is pictured between two bird-shaped animals resembling griffons but without wings. Dimensions: H. 0.07, Diam. of rim 0.235, Diam. of base 0.08 m. On the ground tufted plants. Yellow, very good quality glaze covers the inner surface and the edge of the rim on the outside. The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture is housed in one of the most beautiful neoclassical-style buildings in Athens, near the National Garden and the Hellenic Parliament.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint John the Evangelist from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 110...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint Matthew from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: ca. 1100, Made ...
Evangelist Mark, Period: Middle Byzantine, ca. 1063. The museum is open to the public Tuesday thr...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gold Goblet with Personifications of Cyprus, Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria, Period: Middle...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Tunic, Period: Middle Byzantine circa: first half of 7th century, Made in: Egypt. M...
British Museum
Earring, Period: Middle Byzantine circa: 11thc. Height: 1 inches. Material: gold. British Museum ...
British Museum
Coin, Ruler: Tiberius III, Byzantine Emperor; circa: 705-711; Minted in: Ravenna. Weight: 4.309 g...
British Museum
Vollschmelz medallion (9th Century – Middle Byzantine Period). Gold cloisonné; bust of St. ...
British Museum
Gold coin; Ruler: Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor; circa: 1143-1180; Minted in: Constantinop...
Cleveland Art Museum of Art
Enkolpion with the Crucifixion (front) and Saints Theodore and George (back), silver gilt and clo...
Gospels in Greek with Canon Tables and Prologues, Period: Middle Byzantine, 12th century A.D. The...
Seal, Theodore Kastamonites, Sebastos. The two Saints Theodore standing with their hands upraise...
British Museum
Oliphant; Material: ivory; with two silver bands. Period: Middle Byzantine / 10thC-11thC. Made i...
The State Hermitage Museum
Diptych Showing Twelve Festive Scenes, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: Late 10th century. Materi...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with the Crucifixion, Period: Middle Byzantine circa: mid-10th century, Made in probably Con...
Brick with a Dog’s Paw Print. Period: Middle Byzantine; Findspot: Istanbul. Material: ceram...
Brisith Museum
Gold coin; Ruler: Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor; Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 1143-118...
Pectoral cross with busts of Jesus Christ and saints, silver-gilt. On the reverse, the engraved i...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint George from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, Made in Co...
British Museum
Textile Fragment, Materials: silk and cotton. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8thc-9thc. Rectang...