Fritware dish, Safavid Dynasty, Iranian

An image of Dish. Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue under a clear glaze, height 5.7 cm, width 22.5 cm, diameter (rim) 22.5 cm, diameter (base) 10.1 cm, circa 1600-1699. Safavid, Iranian.

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Dish. Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue under a clear glaze, height 5.7 cm, width 22.5 cm, diameter (rim) 22.5 cm, diameter (base) 10.1 cm, circa 1600-1699. Safavid, Iranian.

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Accession Number: C.480-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 938 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 870.69kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2010:08:01 06:37:21

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17th Century blue and white dish figures Fitz_AA fritware glazed Iranian Muslim Persian Safavid Dynasty

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