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Object Name: 
Fragment
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-56
Dimensions: 
Overall Dim (max): 3.6 cm; Estimate Diam: perhaps about 12 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
700-899
Primary Description: 
Fragment. Transparent very pale blue, with few small bubbles; decorated in yellow ocher and reddish brown. Blown; stained. Fragment of vessel. Wall (Th. 0.1 cm) is straight, but angle is not apparent. Decorated on both surfaces. On outside, in yellow ocher: outline of trefoil cloverlike motif with short vertical projection at top and projection at bottom that includes small open circle; to its right, vertical zigzag; to its left, trace of motif, perhaps vertical but certainly not zigzag. On inside: patch of reddish brown behind trefoil.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: