Wood-fired stoneware vase, by Eric Astoul

An image of Studio Ceramics. Wood-fired stoneware vase, with natural ash glaze. Astoul, Eric (active France, b.1954). Thrown then roughly squared and altered. Grey/brown buff. Fired on its side with another pot on top? Before 2001. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Wood-fired stoneware vase, with natural ash glaze. Astoul, Eric (active France, b.1954). Thrown then roughly squared and altered. Grey/brown buff. Fired on its side with another pot on top? Before 2001. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.34-2016
© Eric Astoul. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 684 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 421.72kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2016:05:27 11:45:31

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20th Century _WF_Copyright _WF_Shakeshaft art pottery ash glazed Eric Astoul fired Fitz_AA French glazed pottery stoneware studio ceramics thrown vase wood fired

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