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Cypriot bowl with a man and a woman

Image attached to OC.87-1938

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

Key words

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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rgb(192,191,185), rgb(103,85,55), rgb(175,160,113), rgb(240,240,240), rgb(217,153,63), rgb(236,219,181), rgb(103,106,96), rgb(147,145,143), rgb(119,98,93), rgb(161,172,81), rgb(146,162,144)

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