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Blue and white bowl based on a Chinese model
(صحن أزرق وأبيض يعتمد على نموذج صيني)

Title	Blue and white bowl based on a Chinese model
Title Original	صحن أزرق وأبيض يعتمد على نموذج صيني
Publication Date:	Approx 1640
Publication Place	- Aga Khan Museum
Subject	Pottery paste body, painted under glaze with cobalt and thin black lines — black square potter's mark on its base
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القطر : 46.4 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	AKM588
Record ID	object;EPM;ca;Mus21;9;ar
Library Location	Aga Khan Museum
Date	Approx 1640
Notes	Chinese pottery found its way into the Middle East before Islam, but its influence took on new importance soon after the Abbasid Empire was founded in 750 and the capital moved from Syria to Iraq. Chinese motifs appeared in ninth-century products from kilns in Basra, Iraq. Pottery makers imitated the white body by darkening their glazes by adding tin. The influence of Chinese goods was most evident in the Mongol era when the Ilkhanids (1256-1353), relatives of the Mongols, ruled. China (Yuan Dynasty 1279-1368) Iran But nothing compares to the comprehensive impact of imported Chinese blue and white porcelain on Persian pottery production. From about 1600, a new impetus to the porcelain trade came from the establishment of the Dutch and English East India Company, as large quantities of porcelain were on their way to Europe from the Near East in their ships and were unloaded in the ports of Iran. In response to the influx of Chinese porcelain, the Iranians made efforts Great for imitating him.
Sample Text	“Blue and white bowl based on a Chinese model” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ca;Mus21;9;ar

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Blue and white bowl based on a Chinese model

(صحن أزرق وأبيض يعتمد على نموذج صيني)

Publication Date Approx 1640

Publication Place - Aga Khan Museum

Subject Pottery paste body, painted under glaze with cobalt and thin black lines — black square potter's mark on its base

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القطر : 46.4 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID AKM588

Record ID object;EPM;ca;Mus21;9;ar

Library Location Aga Khan Museum

Date Approx 1640

Notes Chinese pottery found its way into the Middle East before Islam, but its influence took on new importance soon after the Abbasid Empire was founded in 750 and the capital moved from Syria to Iraq. Chinese motifs appeared in ninth-century products from kilns in Basra, Iraq. Pottery makers imitated the white body by darkening their glazes by adding tin. The influence of Chinese goods was most evident in the Mongol era when the Ilkhanids (1256-1353), relatives of the Mongols, ruled. China (Yuan Dynasty 1279-1368) Iran But nothing compares to the comprehensive impact of imported Chinese blue and white porcelain on Persian pottery production. From about 1600, a new impetus to the porcelain trade came from the establishment of the Dutch and English East India Company, as large quantities of porcelain were on their way to Europe from the Near East in their ships and were unloaded in the ports of Iran. In response to the influx of Chinese porcelain, the Iranians made efforts Great for imitating him.

Sample Text “Blue and white bowl based on a Chinese model” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ca;Mus21;9;ar