Slipware lidded storage jar, by Michael Cardew

An image of Studio Ceramics. Earthenware slipware lidded storage jar with two handles. Cardew, Michael (British, 1901-1983). White slip on upper half and on lid, with decoration through the slip in the Cizhou style. With a clear yellow galena glaze overall, circa 1936. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Earthenware slipware lidded storage jar with two handles. Cardew, Michael (British, 1901-1983). White slip on upper half and on lid, with decoration through the slip in the Cizhou style. With a clear yellow galena glaze overall, circa 1936. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.118 & A-2016
© The estate of Michael Cardew. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 769 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 554.52kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 13/1

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20th Century _WF_Copyright _WF_Shakeshaft art pottery British brown Cardew earthenware Fitz_AA glazed handle handled jar lidded Michael Cardew pottery slip slipware storage jar studio ceramics two-handled vessel yellow

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