Cypriot bowl with a man and a woman

An image of Bowl, possibly a marriage bowl. Unknown maker, Cyprus. In the centre are two figures, of a man and woman. Earthenware, With a polychrome coloured glaze, height 8.6 cm, diameter 15.5 cm, 1300-1499.

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Bowl, possibly a marriage bowl. Unknown maker, Cyprus. In the centre are two figures, of a man and woman. Earthenware, With a polychrome coloured glaze, height 8.6 cm, diameter 15.5 cm, 1300-1499.

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Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Mark Box
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 945.98kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2012:06:20 12:57:37

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14th Century 15th Century _WF_base birds bowl Cypriot earthenware Fitz_AA glazed green Italian male marriage bowl Medieval polychrome pottery swords woman

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