Publication Date
Late 5th / 11th century - Early 6th / 12th century
Publication Place
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The National Museum in Damascus
Subject
Porcelain decorated with metallic luster glaze.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 0.122م ؛ القطر: 0.155م
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
ع 13584
Record ID
object;ISL;sy;Mus01;19;ar
Library Location
The National Museum in Damascus
Date
Late 5th / 11th century - Early 6th / 12th century
Notes
Porcelain with a metallic luster is considered one of the finest types of Islamic ceramics. There are many types of ceramics, and the decoration is usually placed on a transparent glaze. The decoration is rarely on cobalt blue, manganese or turquoise colored glaze, as is the case in this piece. The piece is a ceramic bowl with a cylindrical stem and a vertical circular base. Most of the torso is occupied by a frame of double lines containing a series of successive decorations consisting of semi-Kufic inscription and a modified vegetal branch. There is a decoration on the lip circumference in the form of semicircles. These decorations are executed in a dark reddish-brown color with a metallic luster under a transparent turquoise blue glaze. The technique and decoration of this piece are familiar to other Fatimid works, but its shape is peculiar. The emphasis on the beauty of calligraphy as a form of decoration indicates an Eastern Sasanian influence, contemporary with the Fatimid period.
Sample Text
Mona al-Moadin “Bowl” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;sy;Mus01;19;ar
