Fritware fragment

An image of Islamic pottery. Fragment. Unknown potter, North Africa, Egypt. Find Spot: Fustat, Egypt. Fritware (probably), coated in a turquoise glaze painted in lustre, height 8.9 cm, length 8.9 cm, circa 1100-circa 1199. Fatimid.

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Islamic pottery. Fragment. Unknown potter, North Africa, Egypt. Find Spot: Fustat, Egypt. Fritware (probably), coated in a turquoise glaze painted in lustre, height 8.9 cm, length 8.9 cm, circa 1100-circa 1199. Fatimid.

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Accession Number: C.4.42-1919
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 1008 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 813.17kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 02:37:39

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12th Century blue Egyptian Fatmid Caliphate Fitz_AA fragment frit fritware glazed Islamic lustre ware lustreware Medieval pottery stars stonepaste turquoise

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