Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Skulpturensammlung und Museum Fur Byzantinische Kunst. Bestandskataloge

English summary: The Museum of Byzantine Art in the Bode Museum in Berlin is in the possession of over 1300 Byzantine clay vessels, and others made in the Byzantine tradition, dating from the 4th to the 16th century. They have mostly been acquired in purchases and donations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Constantinple, Thessaloniki and other places. There is also a larger amount of ceramic, which has been sent to the museum from the first archaeological excavations and...
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English summary: The Museum of Byzantine Art in the Bode Museum in Berlin is in the possession of over 1300 Byzantine clay vessels, and others made in the Byzantine tradition, dating from the 4th to the 16th century. They have mostly been acquired in purchases and donations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Constantinple, Thessaloniki and other places. There is also a larger amount of ceramic, which has been sent to the museum from the first archaeological excavations and research in Pergamon, Miletus, Priene, and Cilicia. The comprehensive presentation in this catalogue represents the first time that this material is dated and arranged according to provenance.German description: Das Museum fur Byzantinische Kunst im Bode-Museum in Berlin besitzt uber 1300 byzantinische und in byzantinischer Tradition gefertigte Tongefasse des 4. bis 16. Jahrhunderts. Sie stammen uberwiegend aus Ankaufen und Schenkungen des ausgehenden 18. und fruhen 19. Jahrhunderts in Konstantinopel, Thessaloniki und anderen Orten. Hinzu kommt ein grosserer Posten an Keramik der von den ersten archaologischen Ausgrabungen und Forschungen in Pergamon, Milet, Priene und Kilikien uberwiesen wurden. Mit der ausfuhrlichen Vorlage in diesem Katalog wird dieses Material erstmals nach Provenienzen geordnet vorgelegt und datiert.