Fragment of Cup or Bowl

Object Name: 
Fragment of Cup or Bowl

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Cup or Bowl
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-107
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.2 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: about 9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
900-1099
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Cup or Bowl. Apparently transparent yellowish green; decorated in pale yellow shading to very pale light blue, and deep red. Blown; stained. Fragment of perhaps roughly cylindrical cup or bowl. Rim thickened by folding in and down, with rounded lip; top of wall (Th. 0.1 cm) straight and vertical or almost vertical. Decorated on both sides. On outside, in yellow shading to blue: just below lip, horizontal band (W. 1.4 cm) of epigraphic or pseudo-epigraphic inscription bordered at bottom by horizontal line, beneath which is band (W. 0.4 cm) of dots, with second horizontal line below it. On inside: entire surface is covered, somewhat patchily, with deep red.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
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