Korean bronze basin, heavily patinated

An image of Metalwork/Basin. Unknown Maker. Deep basin with elegantly curved sides and averted rim on shallow foot-ring, of spun bronze, heavily patinated, azurite outside base. AD 1000-1200. Production Place: Korea.

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Metalwork/Basin. Unknown Maker. Deep basin with elegantly curved sides and averted rim on shallow foot-ring, of spun bronze, heavily patinated, azurite outside base. AD 1000-1200. Production Place: Korea.

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Accession Number: o.21-2010
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 755 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 80.40kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2013:11:05 11:12:31

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11th Century 12th Century AD basin bronze Fitz_AA green Korean metalwork patina patinated patination

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