Fragment of Bottle or Pitcher

Object Name: 
Fragment of Bottle or Pitcher

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Bottle or Pitcher
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-335
Dimensions: 
Overall H: about 2 cm; Estimate Bottom of Neck Diam: 3 cm; Estimate Outer Concentric Line Diam: about 7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Bottle or Pitcher. Transparent pale greenish blue; decorated in light yellow and reddish brown. Blown; stained. Fragment of bottle or pitcher. Bottom of neck expands and merges with shoulder (Th. 0.1-0.15 cm), which curves out and down. Decorated on outside: at bottom of neck, indeterminate light yellow and reddish brown ornament; on shoulder, decoration divided into upper and lower bands by pair of concentric yellow lines; upper band contains arcade of contiguous semicircles resting on inner concentric line, outlined in light yellow, each containing open light yellow circle, but otherwise filled with reddish brown; lower band has continuous reddish brown scroll with small yellow circle filled with reddish brown in each space between individual scrolls and outer concentric circle.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
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