Fragment of Bowl

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Bowl
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-73
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.6 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: about 12 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1000-1199
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Bowl. Almost colorless, with yellowish tinge; decorated in brown. Blown; stained. Fragment of perhaps hemispherical bowl. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall (Th. 0.1-0.15 cm) is vertical at top, with folded horizontal rib 0.5 cm below lip, below which it curves down and in at very steep angle. Decorated on outside: below rib, two horizontal stripes (W. 0.4 and 0.5 cm), presumably continuous, above band of vegetal ornament(?) with small part of stem(?); stripes have very narrow yellow "halos."
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: 
Material: