A large Byzantine scraffiato ware plate, 13th-14th century, with green glaze and incised decoration, with large foliate design around the interior on a ground of scrolls, 27cm. diam. Provenance: Theo Sarmas (d. 2018) collection in London since early 1960s. Property from the private collection of Theo Sarmas 1938 -2018. Theo Sarmas was a London businessman who was a passionate collector of Byzantine ceramics and Greek coinage. Princeton University, New Jersey holds the Theo Sarmas collection of medieval Greek coinage. Please refer to department for condition report