Publication Date
7th/13th century
Publication Place
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Beryl Collection, Glasgow Museums
Subject
White paste quartz with dark turquoise glaze.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الطول: 4.1 سم؛ القطر (عند الحافة): 15.2 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
BC 33.18
Record ID
object;ISL;uk;Mus04;13;ar
Library Location
Beryl Collection, Glasgow Museums
Date
7th/13th century
Notes
A thick, undecorated dish, glazed in an intense dark turquoise colour: it is a typical example, in terms of workmanship and form, of Raqqa ceramic products. Despite the severe corrosion it has suffered, the paint still shows the splendor that this simple dish had in its time. The color turquoise was admired from an aesthetic standpoint, as well as being believed to have protective properties, which made it popular in the ceramic industry throughout the Islamic Middle East. Raqqa was one of two major centers of ceramic production in Ayyubid Syria, while Rusafa was the second. In Raqqa, there were a number of workshops that manufactured ceramics, and they produced a large group of pottery vessels. Some of them have a metallic luster, are cut into engraved molds, and are 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 “Dish” within Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus04;13;ar
