Fritware dish, Seljuq Dynasty, Iranian

An image of Fritware (stonepaste) / Dish. Unknown Maker. Pinkish-buff fritware, wheel thrown, with a pitted, blue and cream crazed glaze painted with turquoise and blue pigment and lustre, height 7.5 cm, width 36.7 cm, diameter (rim) 36.7 cm, diameter (base) 16 cm, circa 1179-1198. Seljuk; Monumental style. Iranian.

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Fritware (stonepaste) / Dish. Unknown Maker. Pinkish-buff fritware, wheel thrown, with a pitted, blue and cream crazed glaze painted with turquoise and blue pigment and lustre, height 7.5 cm, width 36.7 cm, diameter (rim) 36.7 cm, diameter (base) 16 cm, circa 1179-1198. Seljuk; Monumental style. Iranian.

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Accession Number: C.108-1935
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 875 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 971.01kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2010:08:01 07:16:49

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12th Century Arabic dish Fitz_AA fritware glazed Iranian kufic lustre lustre ware lustreware Medieval Muslim patterned Persian pottery script Seljuk Seljuq Dynasty

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