Kashan fritware bowl with a turquoise glaze

An image of Studio Ceramics. Fritware bowl. Covered in a turquoise (copper) glaze, with piercings through the body to give translucent areas. Production Place: Kashan, Iran. 1150-1250. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Fritware bowl. Covered in a turquoise (copper) glaze, with piercings through the body to give translucent areas. Production Place: Kashan, Iran. 1150-1250. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.14-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 723 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 64.31kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2016:10:14 10:37:56

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12th Century 13th Century _WF_Shakeshaft blue bowl copper Fitz_AA foot footed glazed Iranian Kashan Style Medieval pale blue pottery studio ceramics turquoise

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