Byzantine earthenware footed bowl with an incised raptor

An image of Unglazed red earthenware footed bowl, with a white slip on the inside, and an incised raptor in the well. Production Place: Byzantium, Modern day Istanbul. 330-1453. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Unglazed red earthenware footed bowl, with a white slip on the inside, and an incised raptor in the well. Production Place: Byzantium, Modern day Istanbul. 330-1453. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.3-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 651 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 66.88kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2016:06:09 10:04:50

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_WF_Shakeshaft bowl Byzantine earthenware Fitz_AA glazed pottery unglazed

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