Publication Date
The last third of the 4th century or the beginning of the 5th century AH / 9th century - 10th century AD
Publication Place
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Museum of Islamic Arts; sluggishness Kairouan
Subject
Enamelled and decorated pottery.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 7سم؛ القطر: 27 سم؛ القطر عند القاعدة: 10 سم؛ السماكة: 0.6 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
C 5
Record ID
object;ISL;tn;Mus01;19;ar
Library Location
Museum of Islamic Arts; sluggishness Kairouan
Date
The last third of the 4th century or the beginning of the 5th century AH / 9th century - 10th century AD
Notes
A dish with a circular base and a wide inner surface. The beige floor is covered with tin enamel without a porcelain coating. The floral and geometric decorations give it vitality, as the green and ochre-yellow colors intertwine. The lip of the plate is decorated with a decoration consisting of semi-circles of alternating colours, where each green half-circle is followed by a half-circle colored in ochre-yellow. As for the interior decoration, the same method was used for contrasting colors successfully as well. The decoration of the depth of the plate consists of a star with six branches surrounded by six lotus leaves converging towards the center and alternating with spiral decorative elements. One is astonished by the richness, abundance and extreme diversity of the decoration, which is a rare thing in oriental ceramics dating back to the same period, especially since the colors, their shades and the simplified plants have given it a very regular and diverse effect.
Sample Text
Mourad Rammah “Plate decorated with lotus leaves” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tn;Mus01;19;ar
