Fragment of Bowl

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Bowl
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-283
Dimensions: 
Overall Dim (max): 5.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
900-1099
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Bowl. Transparent pale green; decorated in yellowish brown and red. Blown; stained. Fragment of perhaps hemispherical bowl. Lower wall (Th. 0.1-0.25 cm) curves down and in, perhaps beginning to merge with base, which (if so) has edge with convex profile. Decorated on both sides. On outside, in yellowish brown: lower wall, but not edge of base(?), has asymmetrical arrangement of stems, including one short branch terminating in outlines of cluster of three circular buds or fruits. On inside: red patch behind cluster of buds and three scattered red dots.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: