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Object Name: 
Fragment
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-175
Dimensions: 
Overall Dim (max): 2.7 cm; Estimate Diam (max): perhaps about 9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Fragment. Almost colorless, with bluish tinge; decorated in reddish brown and yellowish brown. Blown; stained. Fragment. Wall (Th. 0.2 cm) is straight, possibly vertical. Decorated on both sides. On outside, in reddish brown: wavy line with, on one side, broader line and, on other side, outlines of part of vegetal(?) motif with two small trefoils projecting from larger element of indeterminate shape. On inside: patch of yellowish brown behind vegetal(?) motif; patch appears bluish when seen through glass; rest of inside is pale yellow.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: