Fragment of Bowl

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Bowl
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-61
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.6 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: about 18 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1000-1199
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Bowl. Transparent very pale greenish blue, with small inclusions and specks of scale; decorated in brown shading to yellowish brown and greenish brown. Blown; stained. Fragment of probably shallow bowl. Wall (Th. 0.1 cm) is roughly vertical at top and curves in at bottom of fragment. Decorated on both sides. On outside: on right, brown trefoil leaf on curved yellowish brown stem and, on left, small part of similar trefoil leaf(?). On inside, between leaves on outside, irregular greenish brown patch, perhaps intended to be similar motif.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: