Fritware bowl, Seljuq Dynasty, Iranian

An image of Fritware (stonepaste) / Bowl. Mould made, with blue and white crazed glazes painted with a yellow-brown lustre, height 6.4 cm, width 20.2 cm, diameter (rim) 20.2 cm, diameter (base) 8.9 cm, circa 1179-1198. Seljuk. Iranian.

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Fritware (stonepaste) / Bowl. Mould made, with blue and white crazed glazes painted with a yellow-brown lustre, height 6.4 cm, width 20.2 cm, diameter (rim) 20.2 cm, diameter (base) 8.9 cm, circa 1179-1198. Seljuk. Iranian.

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Accession Number: C.122-1935
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 819 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 774.64kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2010:08:01 07:05:55

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