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: 
68.1.58-155
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.8 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: about 10 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
900-1099
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Cup or Bowl. Transparent pale greenish blue; decorated in dark brown and reddish brown. Blown; stained. Fragment of cylindrical cup or bowl. Rim expanded by folding in and down, with rounded lip; wall (Th. 0.1-0.2 cm) vertical. Decorated on outside: pair of horizontal dark brown lines form upper border of register that, if design was repetitive, was divided into panels by vertical reddish brown stripes bordered by pairs of vertical dark brown lines; panel to left of surviving stripe has foliate motif, possibly half-palmette, outlined in dark brown and partly filled with reddish brown; dark brown lines have pale yellowish "halos."
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
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