Byzantine Pottery 

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Import Restricted since 2011.

Section I.C.2.g of Designated List in force since 2011.

Includes undecorated plain wares, utilitarian tableware, serving and storage jars, special shapes such as pilgrim flasks, and can be matte painted or glazed, including incised "sgraffito" and stamped with elaborate polychrome decorations using floral, geometric, human, animal motifs; it is generally locally manufactured though places like Corinth were major producers.
Approximate date: 324 A.D. to 15th century

Example shown:
Strainer and Frying-Pan
Material: Clay; Period: Middle Byzantine period (A.D. 843-1204); Provenance: Thessaloniki (strainer) / the island of Rhodes, Dodecanese (frying pan); Place of Production: Macedonia (strainer) / Dodecanese (frying pan); Dimensions: height - 11 cm. and 6.5 cm. / diameter of rim - 27 cm. and 27.2 cm. / diameter of base - 24.4 cm. (frying-pan) / length of the handle - 12 cm. (frying pan)
Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki (strainer) and the Palace of the Grand Master, Rhodes (frying-pan)