Fragment of Cup or Bowl

Object Name: 
Fragment of Cup or Bowl

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Cup or Bowl
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-54
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.3 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: about 10 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1000-1199
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Cup or Bowl. Almost colorless, with yellowish tinge; decorated in reddish brown shading to brown and yellow. Blown; stained. Fragment of roughly cylindrical cup or bowl. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall (Th. 0.1-0.15 cm) is almost vertical, but has convex profile. Decorated on outside (from top to bottom): (1) horizontal yellow band (W. 0.8 cm) bordered at top by lip and at bottom by reddish brown stripe; (2) band of zigzag ornament composed of yellow stripes with brown borders, with small yellow and brown plantlike motifs in Vs of zigzag, and with reddish brown borders above and below; and (3) trace of reddish brown border(?).
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
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