Iranian earthenware bowl with slip decoration of two palmettes

An image of Studio Ceramics. Earthenware bowl with a white slip over the buff body. Black, red and olive slip decoration, of two palmettes and other forms. Production Place: Nishapur, Iran (probably). 900-999. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Earthenware bowl with a white slip over the buff body. Black, red and olive slip decoration, of two palmettes and other forms. Production Place: Nishapur, Iran (probably). 900-999. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.18-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 627 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 65.10kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2016:10:14 14:10:08

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10th Century _WF_Shakeshaft bowl broken damaged earthenware Fitz_AA foot footed glazed Iranian Medieval Nishapur palmettes pottery slip slipware studio ceramics

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