Thai bowl with an unusual phoenix motif

An image of Studio Ceramics. Stoneware bowl with underglaze iron decoration featuring an unusual phoenix motif in a central medallion with foot. Production Place: Thailand. Light grey-green glaze with iron spots, pin-holing, and fine crazing. Five spur marks in the well. Signs of cylindrical kiln support on the base, indicating that this bowl was at the bottom of a stack. 1300-1399. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Stoneware bowl with underglaze iron decoration featuring an unusual phoenix motif in a central medallion with foot. Production Place: Thailand. Light grey-green glaze with iron spots, pin-holing, and fine crazing. Five spur marks in the well. Signs of cylindrical kiln support on the base, indicating that this bowl was at the bottom of a stack. 1300-1399. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.26-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 848 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 138.67kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2016:08:04 09:43:47

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14th Century _WF_Shakeshaft birds bowl Fitz_AA glazed Medieval phenix phoenix pottery stoneware studio ceramics Thai underglaze

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