المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
1175
مكان النشر
Kashan (made) -
الموضوع
Figures Animals
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Height: 27.5cm, Diameter: 16.5cm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
C.1954-1910
رقم السجل
C.1954-1910
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1175
ملاحظات
The decoration on this ewer shows how Iranian potters used lustre only for outlines, details and backgrounds. The main motifs, such as the seated figures on this large ewer, were left in white against a lustre ground. The technique of lustre decoration on ceramics was first developed in Iraq in the 9th century. About 1170, the lustre technique was taken from Syria to the city of Kashan in Iran, where this piece was made. With this technique potters made a glazed vessel or tile with little or no decoration in the normal way. When the piece had cooled, they painted a design 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
Fritware with opaque cobalt-blue glaze and lustre-painted decoration Fritware Lustre
Fiziksel açıklama
Lustre-painted jug with seated figures on body and animals running around shoulder, blue glaze under the foot.
Üretim
Formerly thought to have been made in Rayy.
Üslup
Kashan Islamic
