Persian, possibly Port Saint Symeon, ca. 12th to 13th century CE. A polychrome terracotta glazed bowl on a narrow, raised foot, decorated on the the interior with a painted and incised register of abstract, stylized motifs and/or characters surrounding a tondo adorned with an incised cross-hatch 'grater' pattern, all in green and umber on a cream ground. Size: 9.875" W x 3" H (25.1 cm x 7.6 cm)

Port St. Symeon was the port of Antioch during the Middle Ages, positioned on the mouth of the Orontes River. Some say it was named for Simeon Stylites the Younger who dwelled on a mountainside in the vecinity of St. Symeon. By the second half of the 12th century St. Symeon served as a flourishing trade route to Iraq and the Far East and was one of the main ports used by merchants of Aleppo, that is until the Mongol conquests of the 13th century shifted trade routes northward. In 1268, all prosperity came to a demise as a Mameluk army captured St Symeon and continued on to dessimate Antioch. Unfortunately, St Symeon never recovered.

Provenance: Ex-Young Collection, New Hampshire

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Surface wear with areas of pigment loss as shown. Possible repairs to foot and rim.