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Object Name: 
Bowl
Title: 
Free
Accession Number: 
51.4.528
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.5 cm, Diam: 27.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1955
Primary Description: 
Bowl. Clear glass; shallow shell shaped bowl; decorated broad and narrow stripes radiating from center; in yellow and brown, clear amber center shading to medium brown; design fired to underside of body in enamels at high temperature.
Provenance: 
Heaton, Maurice (American, b. Switzerland, 1900-1990), Source
1951-02-19
Title Unknown (The Museum of Natural History)
Venue(s)
American Museum of Natural History
with N. Y. Soc. of Ceramic Arts, New York City