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2064. (No. 8)
[[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN. [[/stamp]] 1432 [[checkmark]] 
One Circular Flower Holder, with projecting rim. Racca.

Soft gray paste.
White glaze with decorations in rich, dark brown, lapis blue and emerald green; crackled.
The outer decorations consist of four large medallions around body alternated by finely drawn geometrical designs with broad bands at top and bottom.
On the inside floral decorations around wall and a standing cock on base,in brown on white background.
Silvery iridescence inside and outside.
Recessed basal ring glazed within.
Repaired. Two thirds of rim replaced with plaster.
Height, 5 5/8".
Diameter of foot, 3".

Purchased from Vincenzo Marcopoli & Company, Aleppo, Voucher #44, May 1910. 150.00

2065. (No. 9)
[[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN. [[/stamp]] 1433 [[checkmark]] 

One Fragment of a large Tile. Racca.
(About one third missing)

Soft gray paste.
From a rich lapis-blue background an Arabic letter rises in high relief in greenish-white.
The crackle-lines and other areas of the surface are covered with heavy silvery iridescence.
Back unglazed.
Height, 11 3/4".
Width, 9 3/4".

Purchased from Vincenzo Marcopoli & Company, Aleppo, Voucher #44, May 1910. 250.00

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