Publication Date
Fifteenth century AD
Publication Place
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National Archaeological Museum
Subject
pride; kaolin; something; Cold dyeing.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 41 سم؛ العرض: 33 سم؛ السماكة: 3 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
60399
Record ID
object;ISL;es;Mus01;47;ar
Library Location
National Archaeological Museum
Date
Fifteenth century AD
Notes
By the term “sugars” we refer to large pieces of baked pottery, made using the biscuit technique: after drying in the air, the ceramic was painted with white dirt on its smooth surface; We draw on this background with blue, ochre, and iron. Then we do the grilling process, and we get a plate decorated with blue, cinnabar, and black on a white background. These zellija pieces were intended for the decoration of cornices and cornices, which gave them a vivid colour, generally ranging between earthy black and metallic, and iron red or ocher diluted in milk of lime, which gave them durability by virtue of its solidification. Na'tazlija leads to confusion because the "sugaras", unlike the zellija, are not covered with enamel; These "souqaras" mix black and ocher colors, although the latter - the ocher colors - have lost their traditional advantage as a flat pigment: indeed, the artist here treated them like a watercolor painting in order to obtain all the shades of color that suit him. The square is decorated with a ship gliding through the water, and sharks, jumping towards the bow of the ship, attempt to board it. The ship's sails were drawn in a realistic way, as they were folded over the central mast and the edges hung in the form of umbrellas. In what the stars of the upper part depict the night. According to Gonzalez Martí, the slab has the shape of a fast three-masted boat (caravella), because it meets the general definition of a light boat with one bridge, a flat stern, a bulwark at each end and three masts for the sails. Jewelry making during the Late Gothic period, which depicts it abundantly, demonstrates its great popularity. Very recently, this vessel was identified, based on its distinctive stern and bow, as a "coke". In the middle, the emblem of the Paterna district, where it was made, was stamped.
Sample Text
Ángela Franco "Sougarat" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;es;Mus01;47;ar
