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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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