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Turquoise fritware lamp, Mamluk

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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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