Fragment of Bowl

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Bowl
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-304
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.7 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: about 15 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
900-1099
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Bowl. Transparent pale greenish blue; one elongated bubble and one small inclusion; decorated in olive green and brown. Blown; stained. Fragment of bowl. Rim plain, with rounded lip; top of wall (Th. 0.1 cm) straight and tapering. Decorated on both sides. On inside: horizontal band of contiguous pendent olive green arcs; junctions are surmounted by solid trefoils, which occupy most of space between arcs and lip; of three surviving trefoils, those on left and right of fragment are olive green. On outside: trefoil at center of fragment is brown.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: