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Byzantine and Medieval

Also called Lusignan, Venetian, Frankish, Byzantine

Objects: 19
Date: c. 650–1571 CE

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Byzantine and Medieval Cyprus

Cyprus from the seventh century to the Ottoman conquest of 1570-71, under Byzantine, Lusignan and Venetian rule, and its glazed sgraffito pottery.

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Pottery vessel18
Lamp1

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Medieval glazed sgraffito ware8

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Footed or pedestal bowl11
Bowl4
Cup2
Carinated bowl1

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Incised9
Painted2
Moulded1

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Human figure2
Rosette2
Other plants and flowers1
Wavy lines1

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Cyprus7

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Royal Ontario Museum19

Objects

19 objects

Bowl
Roman
Bowl decorated with six-petalled rosettes
Roman
Bowl of angular profile
Footed bowl
Roman
Footed bowl
Footed bowl
Roman
Footed bowl
Footed bowl
Footed bowl
Footed bowl
Footed bowl
Footed bowl
Footed bowl with abstract designs
Footed cup decorated with sgrafitto of a human head in profile
Oil lamp
Pedestal cup with decoration of leaves and wavy lines
Sgraffito bowl with figure of a man
Sgraffito bowl with multi-petalled rosette
Stemmed goblet with incised decoration
Roman