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2060. (No. 4) [[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN. [[/stamp]] 1428 [[checkmark]] One low, Ovoid Jar with pottery cover. Racca. Soft, gray paste. Pearl-white glaze with decorations in rich, reddish-brown and emerald green with silvery iridescence; uncrackled. Pale green glaze with silvery iridescence inside. The decorations consist of a broad band of decorative letters around body divided by four medallions and inclosed at top and bottom by concentric rings - the lower one being divided from the letters above by a band of scroll design. Recessed, circular base with areas of glaze inside. Many repaired cracks. Height, over cover, 6 1/2". Purchased from Vincenzo Marcopoli & Company, Aleppo, Voucher #44, May 1910. 350.00 2061. (No. 5) [[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN. [[/stamp]] 1429 [[checkmark]] One Small, Standing Hyena. Racca. Very soft yellowish-gray paste. Rich blue glaze, crackled; iridescent. Stripes on back and sides and spots on ears, eyes, mouth and both front legs in dark blackish-blue. The animal is intact, but the edge of the pedestal is missing in places. Height, 3 1/2". Purchased from Vincenzo Marcopoli & Company, Aleppo, Voucher #44, May 1910. 50.00
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