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Bronze incribed mortar, Mamluk

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An image of Metalwork / Mortar. The bowl divided into three panels, two narrow one wide. The wide centre panel containing 14 wedge shape lugs tapering upwards, between each lug a conventional design in white metal, round the rim a narrow leaf border, round the base an inscribed border. Bronze, height, whole, 3 7/8 in, diameter, whole, 3 ¼ in, circa 1200-1400. Mamluk. Islamic. Production Place: Egypt.

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Metalwork / Mortar. The bowl divided into three panels, two narrow one wide. The wide centre panel containing 14 wedge shape lugs tapering upwards, between each lug a conventional design in white metal, round the rim a narrow leaf border, round the base an inscribed border. Bronze, height, whole, 3 7/8 in, diameter, whole, 3 ¼ in, circa 1200-1400. Mamluk. Islamic. Production Place: Egypt.

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  • Accession Number: M.5-1955
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/13.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 795 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 500.53kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 13/1
  • Captured: 2013:11:08 11:08:00

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13th Century 14th Century bowl bronze Egyptian Fitz_AA handled inscribed inscriptions Islamic lugged lugs Mamlouk Mamluk Medieval Memluk mortar

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