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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.
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 from 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
R
Length 10.2 cm
Width 8.9 cm
S
Length 10.8 cm
Width 7.9 cm
N
Length 11.4 cm
Width 11.4 cm
Q
Length 4.1 cm
Width 4.8 cm
M
Length 5.1 cm
Width 3.1 cm
L
Length 6.7 cm
Width 5.1 cm
P
Length 7 cm
Width 6.7 cm
K
Length 9.5 cm
Width 8.2 cm
O
Length 9.8 cm
Width 9.5 cm
Accession number: C.18.14K-S-1948
Primary reference Number: 72642
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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