المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
850
مكان النشر
Basra (made) -
الموضوع
Geometric Patterns
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Diameter: 34.3cm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
C.45-1952
رقم السجل
C.45-1952
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
850
ملاحظات
This large, flat dish has lustre decoration in yellow and brown. Experts think this two-colour combination, seen also in some contemporary glass, represents the earliest phase of lustre production in ceramics. Potters in Iraq invented the technique of lustre decoration on ceramics in the 9th century. First they made a glazed vessel or tile with little or no decoration in the normal way. When the piece had cooled, a design was painted over the glaze in metallic compounds. The pot or tile was then fired again, this time with a restricted supply of oxygen. In these conditions, the metallic compounds broke down, and a thin deposit of copper or silver was left on the surface of the glaze. When polished, this surface layer reflected the light.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration in two colours Clay Opaque White Glaze Earthenware Lustre Lustre-Painted Glazing
Fiziksel açıklama
Dish after a metal shape, buff-coloured earthenware (fritware), flat with wide, broad rim, covered in tin-opacified white glaze, painted in yellow and red lustre (bi-chrome lustre), the design divided int oa simple quadrant with triangular panels each filled in with further patterning, foliate or geometric, probably inspired by engraved or repousse work on metalwork.
Üslup
Abbasid Islamic
