Iranian earthenware bowl with abstract decoration

An image of Studio Ceramics. Earthenware bowl, much restored. White slip over buff body, with abstract decoration in black. Covered with a clear glaze. Production Place: Nishapur, Iran. 900-999. Samanid. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Earthenware bowl, much restored. White slip over buff body, with abstract decoration in black. Covered with a clear glaze. Production Place: Nishapur, Iran. 900-999. Samanid. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.13-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 619 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 62.08kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2016:10:13 14:39:46

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10th Century _WF_Shakeshaft abstract bowl earthenware Fitz_AA foot footed glazed Iranian Medieval Nishapur pottery Samanid slip slipware studio ceramics

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