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Iranian earthenware bowl with slip decoration of two palmettes

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An image of Studio Ceramics. Earthenware bowl with a white slip over the buff body. Black, red and olive slip decoration, of two palmettes and other forms. Production Place: Nishapur, Iran (probably). 900-999. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Earthenware bowl with a white slip over the buff body. Black, red and olive slip decoration, of two palmettes and other forms. Production Place: Nishapur, Iran (probably). 900-999. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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  • Accession Number: C.18-2016
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 105
  • Camera: NIKON D800
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 627 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 65.10kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2016:10:14 14:10:08

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10th Century _WF_Shakeshaft bowl broken damaged earthenware Fitz_AA foot footed glazed Iranian Medieval Nishapur palmettes pottery slip slipware studio ceramics

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