Japanese stoneware footed dish (uma-no-me zara)

An image of Studio Ceramics. Stoneware footed Seto? Horse eye? dish (uma-no-me zara) with raised rim. A tenmoku glaze, revealed on the brown rim, under a yellowish-white glaze. The horse eyes are painted in brown on top. Six off centre spur marks are plain in the well. Painted mark on base. 1800-1850. Edo period (1615-1868) / Meiji period (1868-1912). Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Stoneware footed Seto? Horse eye? dish (uma-no-me zara) with raised rim. A tenmoku glaze, revealed on the brown rim, under a yellowish-white glaze. The horse eyes are painted in brown on top. Six off centre spur marks are plain in the well. Painted mark on base. 1800-1850. Edo period (1615-1868) / Meiji period (1868-1912). Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.20-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 775 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 120.48kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2016:06:01 14:55:15

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19th Century _WF_Shakeshaft dish Edo Period Fitz_AA foot footed glazed Japanese Meiji Period pottery stoneware studio ceramics tenmoku glaze

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