Kashan footed fritware bowl with a band of writing

An image of Studio Ceramics. Footed fritware bowl of characteristic shape. Painted in blue and black, under a transparent glaze. With a band of writing on a dark background, halfway up the side of the well. Individual water-weed motifs around the outside. Kashan ware. Production Place: Kashan, Iran. 1200-1229. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Footed fritware bowl of characteristic shape. Painted in blue and black, under a transparent glaze. With a band of writing on a dark background, halfway up the side of the well. Individual water-weed motifs around the outside. Kashan ware. Production Place: Kashan, Iran. 1200-1229. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.17-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 709 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 71.40kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2016:10:13 14:45:25

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13th Century _WF_Shakeshaft bowl Fitz_AA foot footed frit fritware glazed Iranian Kashan Style painted plants pottery script studio ceramics texts water weeds weeds writing

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