Maiolica jug decorated with a bird, Umbrian

An image of Unknown. Maiolica Arcaica. Decorated with a long-tailed bird. Tin-glazed earthenware jug, the interior of the neck and the exterior of the foot are lead-glazed, the base is unglazed, and the rest is tin-glazed, height 28.6cm, diameter, base, 10.3cm, width, whole, 14.4cm, circa 1275-1375. Italian, from Orvieto.

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Unknown. Maiolica Arcaica. Decorated with a long-tailed bird. Tin-glazed earthenware jug, the interior of the neck and the exterior of the foot are lead-glazed, the base is unglazed, and the rest is tin-glazed, height 28.6cm, diameter, base, 10.3cm, width, whole, 14.4cm, circa 1275-1375. Italian, from Orvieto.

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Accession Number: C.88-1927
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 713 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
Filesize: 119.51kB
Exposure time: 1/180
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2009:08:10 21:58:50

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13th Century 14th Century Date Department Fitz_AA Italian Material Medieval Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Umbrian Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd _WF_batch_15 birds earthenware handled jug maiolica pedestal jug pottery spout spouted vessel

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