Publication Date
7th/13th century
Publication Place
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Beryl Collection, Glasgow Museums
Subject
White paste quartz (vitret frit), decorated and glazed.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع : 12 سم؛ القطر: 10.4 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
BC 33/37
Record ID
object;ISL;uk;Mus04;8;ar
Library Location
Beryl Collection, Glasgow Museums
Date
7th/13th century
Notes
Vase made of white quartz paste (glass frit), decorated with arabesques on the upper half of its upright shape, and painted in black and blue under a rather poorly eroded glaze. Its shape is similar to Iranian ceramic vessels, which indicates the close artistic relationship between Syria and Iran during that period, especially between Raqqa and Kashan, because Raqqa produced ceramics of almost the same type, if we exclude tools for currency and weights. Raqqa was one of two major ceramic production centers in Ayyubid Syria, while Rusafa was the second. In Raqqa, there were a number of ceramics manufacturing workshops, and they produced a large collection of pottery vessels. Some of them are colored with a metallic luster, cut into engraved molds, and decorated with drawings under a glazed layer. Ceramic production stopped when the Mongols completely destroyed the city in 657 / 1259.
Sample Text
Noorah Al-Gailani, Noorah Al-Gailani “Vase” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus04;8;ar
