Turquoise fritware lamp, Mamluk

An image of Islamic Pottery/Lamp. Monochrome glazed ware. Circular body on a low, wide foot ring. Tubular neck with elongated ‘V’ shaped spout. A loop handle is attached to the body and neck. Buff fritware, thickly potted the body is wheel thrown and other elements are mould or hand made, covered with a crazed turquoise glaze, height, whole, 13.5 cm, width, whole, 17.6 cm, diameter, neck rim, 4.3 cm, diameter, base, 7 cm, weight, whole, 519 g. Circa 1150-1499. Mamluk Period.

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Islamic Pottery/Lamp. Monochrome glazed ware. Circular body on a low, wide foot ring. Tubular neck with elongated ‘V’ shaped spout. A loop handle is attached to the body and neck. Buff fritware, thickly potted the body is wheel thrown and other elements are mould or hand made, covered with a crazed turquoise glaze, height, whole, 13.5 cm, width, whole, 17.6 cm, diameter, neck rim, 4.3 cm, diameter, base, 7 cm, weight, whole, 519 g. Circa 1150-1499. Mamluk Period.

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Accession Number: C.1768-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 879 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 82.32kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2013:11:01 13:08:36

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Fitz_AA fritware glazed Islamic lamp lighting Mamlouk Mamluk Medieval Memluk pottery spout stonepaste turquoise

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