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Maiolica two-handled cup with a long tailed bird

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An image of Two-Handled Cup. Medieval, maiolica two-handled cup painted in green and brown with, on the inside, a long-tailed bird. Pale buff earthenware, the exterior covered with yellowish-brown lead-glaze which appears opaque, interior tin-glazed ivory: painted in copper-green and manganese-brown. Height 4.5 cm, width 15.8 cm, circa 1250-1350. Maiolica arcaica.

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Two-Handled Cup. Medieval, maiolica two-handled cup painted in green and brown with, on the inside, a long-tailed bird. Pale buff earthenware, the exterior covered with yellowish-brown lead-glaze which appears opaque, interior tin-glazed ivory: painted in copper-green and manganese-brown. Height 4.5 cm, width 15.8 cm, circa 1250-1350. Maiolica arcaica.

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  • Accession Number: C.96-1927
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 768 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 484.02kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2009:08:10 14:07:44

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13th Century 14th Century birds cup earthenware Fitz_AA handled Italian leaves maiolica Medieval pottery vessel

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