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Maiolica jug decorated with a bird, Umbrian

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An image of Unknown. Maiolica Arcaica. Decorated with a long-tailed bird. Tin-glazed earthenware jug, the interior of the neck and the exterior of the foot are lead-glazed, the base is unglazed, and the rest is tin-glazed, height 28.6cm, diameter, base, 10.3cm, width, whole, 14.4cm, circa 1275-1375. Italian, from Orvieto.

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Unknown. Maiolica Arcaica. Decorated with a long-tailed bird. Tin-glazed earthenware jug, the interior of the neck and the exterior of the foot are lead-glazed, the base is unglazed, and the rest is tin-glazed, height 28.6cm, diameter, base, 10.3cm, width, whole, 14.4cm, circa 1275-1375. Italian, from Orvieto.

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  • Accession Number: C.88-1927
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 713 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 119.51kB
  • Exposure time: 1/180
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2009:08:10 21:58:50

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13th Century 14th Century Date Department Fitz_AA Italian Material Medieval Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Umbrian Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd _WF_batch_15 birds earthenware handled jug maiolica pedestal jug pottery spout spouted vessel

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