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Unknown

Vessel

Unknown, 800-1199

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Unknown

Vessel

Unknown, 800-1199

Physical Qualities Buff earthenware, cream slip, red and black paint, 10 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (27 × 24 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Edith Black, Potomac, Maryland, in Memory of her Husband, Jack Black
Object Number 1991.223
Head and neck of vessel modeled to depict a bird's head with modeled eyes and beak on the shoulder of the vessel. Wings and legs painted near beak on the shoulder on the vessel. 3 lugs on sides and back. Encrusted cream slip or pigment covers part of the painted bird and is scattered over vessel.

Inscribed: 'D-156 L8' painted in black on bottom of vessel.

Culture

Unknown

2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00

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