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Object Name: 
Fragment
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-400
Dimensions: 
Overall Dim (max): 3.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Fragment. Transparent very pale greenish blue; decorated in brown. Blown; stained. Fragment of open vessel. Wall (Th. 0.1-0.2 cm) has concave profile in all directions. Decorated on both sides. On outside: roughly triangular motif with straight baseline and lobate sides, composed of four rows of dotted scales parallel to base; first row has four scales, second row has three, third row has two, and last row has one; traces of curvilinear element are attached to base of triangle, and other curved lines are at one side. On inside: behind triangle, patch of brown, which has pale bluish halo and appears light greenish blue when seen from outside.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
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