Japanese seto oil dish (aburazara) with flowers and a butterfly or moth

An image of Studio Ceramics. Seto oil dish (aburazara). Low fired grey stoneware body covered with pinkish-buff crackled glaze, and decorations in iron brown of two flowers and a butterfly/moth. Seven spur marks. Seto ware. Height 2.2 cm, diameter, widest point, 21.6 cm, diameter, base, 13.1 cm. Japanese. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Seto oil dish (aburazara). Low fired grey stoneware body covered with pinkish-buff crackled glaze, and decorations in iron brown of two flowers and a butterfly/moth. Seven spur marks. Seto ware. Height 2.2 cm, diameter, widest point, 21.6 cm, diameter, base, 13.1 cm. Japanese. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.23-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 833 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 107.22kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2016:06:09 15:07:28

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_WF_Shakeshaft aburazara butterflies butterfly crackled dish Fitz_AA glazed iron glaze Japanese moths oil dish pottery Seto ware stoneware studio ceramics

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