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Kashan fritware bowl with a turquoise glaze

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An image of Studio Ceramics. Fritware bowl. Covered in a turquoise (copper) glaze, with piercings through the body to give translucent areas. Production Place: Kashan, Iran. 1150-1250. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Fritware bowl. Covered in a turquoise (copper) glaze, with piercings through the body to give translucent areas. Production Place: Kashan, Iran. 1150-1250. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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  • Accession Number: C.14-2016
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 105
  • Camera: NIKON D800
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 723 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 64.31kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2016:10:14 10:37:56

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12th Century 13th Century _WF_Shakeshaft blue bowl copper Fitz_AA foot footed glazed Iranian Kashan Style Medieval pale blue pottery studio ceramics turquoise

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