Maiolica arcaica ewer, Umbrian

An image of Tin-glazed earthenware ewer. Maiolica arcaica. Late Medieval, painted in copper-green, turquoise-green and manganese with panels containing stylised foliage, rhomboids and knots, surrounded by cross-hatching and shields. Height 38.0cm, diameter, foot, 11.5cm, width, 19.0cm. Orvieto, Umbria. Circa 1275-1350.

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Tin-glazed earthenware ewer. Maiolica arcaica. Late Medieval, painted in copper-green, turquoise-green and manganese with panels containing stylised foliage, rhomboids and knots, surrounded by cross-hatching and shields. Height 38.0cm, diameter, foot, 11.5cm, width, 19.0cm. Orvieto, Umbria. Circa 1275-1350.

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Accession Number: C.81-1927
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 748 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
Filesize: 134.45kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2009:08:10 15:12:16

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Date Department Fitz_AA Italian Material Medieval Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Umbrian Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd _WF_batch_15 ewer handled jug maiolica patterned pottery vessel

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