Fragment of Bowl

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Bowl
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-71
Dimensions: 
Overall Dim (max): 4.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1000-1099
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Bowl. Transparent very pale greenish blue, with particles of imperfectly fused batch; decorated in brown. Blown; stained. Fragment of bowl perhaps shaped like truncated cone. Lower wall (Th. less than 0.1 cm) tapers at angle of approximately 45 degrees before curving in at bottom; base concave. Decorated on inside. On lower wall: band of apparently sparse unidentified ornament above horizontal stripe (W. 0.3 cm), presumably continuous. On floor: traces of three radiating lines, probably part of central cross or star.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: