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There are 30 objects for which Condition contains → mostly
13.10.19 Mostly intact with restoration to rim with a section each side of restoration still missing. There are some chips and pits on the inside and outside of the vase.
2003.7.28 Fragment. Intact, paint has faded on the exterior, mostly the white.
2004.5.1 Approximately 1/3 of the original remains (lower right corner), which has been restored with modern plaster, mostly undecorated. Where original paint remains it has been dulled and is scratched.
2006.12.103 Chipped; decoration mostly worn away.
2006.12.36 Fragment of base and side; decoration mostly faded
2008.7.161 Plate fragment broken on two sides; Interior: decoration mostly worn off, or covered in dirt
2008.7.166 Interior and Exterior: decoration mostly worn away or covered by dirt(?)
2008.7.197 Fragment broken on four sides. Exterior: decoration mostly worn off.
2008.7.198 Possible rim fragment broken on four sides. Exterior decoration mostly worn off.
2008.7.75 Fragment, possibly base, possibly lid. Broken on four sides; overpaint mostly worn away
2008.7.76 Overpaint mostly worn away on both sides. Exterior: chips running vertically down the centre of the fragment through the decoration
2008.9.35 Fragment; handle mostly complete, but rest of object is missing.
26.4.4 Restored from many separate pieces. Glaze on the rim is slightly worn, as are the handles. The outer surface is worn. There is a greyish-white deposit in patches all over the surface, especially around the spurs and the reserved area of the main zone, as well as the top of the foot. On the top ridge of the foot, there is a hole. Colour on the inside of the pot has mostly worn away, leaving only more of the same grey deposit. Lid missing.
27.4.2 Incomplete and repaired in seven pieces. The band on the rim, has mostly been rubbed away and on the inside there is a lot of greyish/white deposit. There are lots of small scratches all over the surface, including one long, deeper one at the base of the pot on the inside. On the outside, the glaze has also been rubbed away in patches, and on the leaves there are patches where it has come away in flakes. The foot is in pretty good condition, except for a white/cream deposit.
48.4.1 Complete, but stuck back together from six seperate pieces. The rim shows one definite chip, and several small ones. The leaves on top of the rim have worn away in patches. The main zone also shows patches of wear, the surface revealing different colours, some paler clay, and some more orange. A white deposit is evident on the thick black band above the foot as well as some small scratches. The thin black band around the rim of the foot has mostly worn away. Inside, the black has scratches and flaked away to reveal the reserved clay. There is also more white deposit on the inside walls of the pot.
50.12.6 Black bands are mostly rubbed off.
56.8.1 Intact. Very small chips on the rim. Extensive areas of colour loss mostly around the handle and body of the piece.
78.12.11 Intact, handle is missing the top half, decoration is very worn. Wash is mostly intact with a white deposit in areas. Very slight darkening around the tip of the nozzle probably from use.
E.23.56 Intact and complete, although the glaze is mostly gone most of the green pigment remains. The details remain clear although the inscription is incomplete.
E.63.2 Intact and complete, inspite of the fact that the surface remains smooth much of the blue pigment is gone and the artefact is now mostly brown. There is very little loss of the carved details.
REDMG:1935.87.31A Complete but repaired; decoration has mostly flaked off.
REDMG:1953.25.188 Intact. Relief features are worn. Pink and grey deposits all over, but mostly on back and base.
REDMG:1953.25.60 Black glaze (mostly lost) except for reserved lower part of body and underside.
REDMG:1958.113.1 Surface heavily stained and scratched, with traces of white slip, mostly chipped and eroded
REDMG:1964.1603.1 Intact, wash mostly worn off, small amount of pitting on the base. Large amount white - grey deposit on the interior, lesser amount on the exterior.
REDMG:1964.1608.1 Intact, chips all around the edge of the foot, on the left hand side of the shoulder, filling hole rim, on the top of the nozzle and at the end of the nozzle. Wash worn and chiped in places, deposit mostly on interior.
REDMG:1964.1613.1 Missing most of the nozzle, small amount of wick hole visiably blackened, probably from use. Large amount of white - grey deposit on the interior, small amount on the exterior, concentrated mostly around the discus.
REDMG:1964.1617.1 Handle is missing, rejoined from two main pieces. Glaze mostly intact, small amount of deposit on the interior.
REDMG:1964.1664.1 Intact. Paint has been chipped in places. mostly around the rim. Both handles are missing completely.
TEMP.2003.6.10 Three fragments of the same vessel's base. It appears that the body has mostly been scraped off around the joining point at the upper parts of the fragments, apart from a bit on b and two bits on c. a) There are adhesives on the interior and few spots have been chipped off. There are three tiny spots on the interior and a spot on the central part of the base, where there are also three cracks. b) Two tiny bits have been chipped off from the interior and a spot looks flaked off from the inner side surface of the foot. There are also traces of adhesives. c) Four very small parts have been chipped off from the interior. There are also traces of adhesives, especially on the interior, as well as two cracks on the central part of the base.
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