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Object Name: 
Fragment
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-185
Dimensions: 
Overall Dim (max): 5.8 cm; Estimate Diam (max): perhaps about 16 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Fragment. Probably transparent pale greenish blue, with one inclusion (W. about 0.2 cm) and many small bubbles; decorated in orange yellow and purplish brown. Blown; stained. Fragment, possibly from cylindrical vessel. Wall (Th. 0.1 cm) has slightly concave profile. Decorated on outside: parts of two orange-yellow elements, one inside other, with at least two straight sides (W. 0.5 cm) meeting at right angles; between them and inside inner element, solid purplish brown; beside outer element, area of indeterminate ornament in orange yellow and purplish brown.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: