Thai stoneware bowl with an iron black flower and two fish

An image of Studio Ceramics. Footed stoneware bowl decorated underglaze with an iron black flower in the centre, and two fish in the cavetto. Production Place: Thailand. Very pale green degraded glaze. Light buff body with small dark specks. Three circumferential lines below the rim on the outside. The remains of the cylindrical pontil lie within the foot ring, which has perhaps shrunk on the pontil in the firing. 1300-1499. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Footed stoneware bowl decorated underglaze with an iron black flower in the centre, and two fish in the cavetto. Production Place: Thailand. Very pale green degraded glaze. Light buff body with small dark specks. Three circumferential lines below the rim on the outside. The remains of the cylindrical pontil lie within the foot ring, which has perhaps shrunk on the pontil in the firing. 1300-1499. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.28-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 841 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 147.36kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2016:08:04 14:04:31

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14th Century 15th Century _WF_Shakeshaft bowl fish Fitz_AA floral flowers footed Medieval pottery stoneware studio ceramics Thai

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