Fragment of Bowl

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Bowl
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-72
Dimensions: 
Overall H: about 2.2 cm; Estimate Roundel Diam: about 6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1000-1199
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Bowl. Colorless, with small bubbles and piece of imperfectly fused batch; decorated in brown. Blown; stained. Fragment of hemispherical bowl. Wall (Th. less than 0.1 to 0.1 cm) tapers, with slightly convex curve, before curving down and in and merging with convex base. Decorated on outside: on wall, trace of ornament; at bottom of wall and on base, concentric roundel with border (W. 0.25 cm) containing part of complex, possibly pictorial motif.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: 
Material: