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: 
68.1.58-151
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.3 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: about 12 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
900-1099
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Cup or Bowl. Transparent very pale greenish blue; decorated in reddish brown and brownish yellow. Blown; stained. Fragment of cylindrical cup or bowl. Rim thickened and slightly inturned, with rounded lip; wall (Th. 0.1-0.2 cm) almost vertical, but with convex profile. Decorated on outside: roughly horizontal reddish brown line 1.2-1.5 cm below lip; above it, part of open reddish brown circle and two short vertical brownish yellow lines; below it, pair of very roughly horizontal brownish yellow lines and, below these, small parts of motifs outlined in reddish brown and apparently filled with brownish yellow.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
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