Bowl, 12th–13th century. Byzantine. Earthenware, glazed (mezzo-maiolica); Overall: 3 7/8 x 9 1/16 in. (9.9 x 23 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1910 (10.15.1).

Despite their often bellicose political relationships, ceramic technology and other cultural traditions linked the Byzantine empire and the Islamic world. This bowl was influenced by similar works produced in the early Islamic world. The cords on the bowl were added during restoration.