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Maker: Unknown
Imitation celadon pottery sherds. Various shades of green glaze, and different decoration styles. All have a coarse buff coloured body.
G) Has a rosette in relief, like a T'ang Dynasty piece
H) Part of a small lobed bowl.
M) White slip decoration below the glaze, as in Mamluk pottery.
N and O) Deep surface
P) Green and red splashed pale blue bowl fragment
Q and R) Pale blue
S) Duck egg blue
History note: Excavated Kom el Dik, Alexandria
Exchanged, from Farouk I University, Alexandria, Egypt
Method of acquisition: Exchanged (1948) by Farouk I University, Alexandria, Egypt
13th Century-14th Century
1200
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1399
M composed of slip
Accession number: C.18.14-1948
Primary reference Number: 138562
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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