Fragment of a maiolica jug, Umbrian

An image of Fragment of the front of a maiolica arcaica jug. Earthenware, the interior with a covering of lead-glaze, the upper part of the exterior tin-glazed, painted in manganese-black and green, length 11.2cm, width 7.4cm, circa 1250-1350. Umbria, Italy. Orvieto.

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Fragment of the front of a maiolica arcaica jug. Earthenware, the interior with a covering of lead-glaze, the upper part of the exterior tin-glazed, painted in manganese-black and green, length 11.2cm, width 7.4cm, circa 1250-1350. Umbria, Italy. Orvieto.

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Accession Number: C.9-1904
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 757 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
Filesize: 141.04kB
Exposure time: 1/180
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2009:08:11 00:46:25

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