Islamic pottery fragment with a bird

An image of Islamic pottery. Fragment. Unknown potter, North Africa, Egypt. Find Spot: Fustat. Earthenware, wheel thrown, on the interior coated in white glaze painted in lustre, height, whole, 2 cm, width, whole, 10 cm, diameter, base, 8.7 cm, weight, whole, 109 g, circa 1000- circa 1099. Fatimid.

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Islamic pottery. Fragment. Unknown potter, North Africa, Egypt. Find Spot: Fustat. Earthenware, wheel thrown, on the interior coated in white glaze painted in lustre, height, whole, 2 cm, width, whole, 10 cm, diameter, base, 8.7 cm, weight, whole, 109 g, circa 1000- circa 1099. Fatimid.

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Accession Number: C.4.45-1919
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 975 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 135.13kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 02:34:56

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11th Century birds Egyptian Fatmid Caliphate Fitz_AA fragment frit fritware Fustat glazed Islamic lustre ware lustreware Medieval pottery stonepaste thrown

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