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Bowl with Painted Magical Inscriptions
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"Incantation Bowl": Unglazed ceramic bowl with rounded bottom. Magical inscriptions encircling interior.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Richard C. Brockway acquired this object in the early 1960s.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Marian H. Phinney Fund
Title: Bowl with Painted Magical Inscriptions
Description:
"Incantation Bowl": Unglazed ceramic bowl with rounded bottom.
Magical inscriptions encircling interior.
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