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A bowl decorated with ray-like lines
(زبدية مزخرفة بخطوط تشبه الأشعة)

Title	A bowl decorated with ray-like lines
Title Original	زبدية مزخرفة بخطوط تشبه الأشعة
Publication Date:	3rd/9th century
Publication Place	- National Museum of Oriental Art
Subject	Glazed porcelain.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 6 سم؛ القطر 19.8 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	1377
Record ID	object;ISL;it;Mus01;17;ar
Library Location	Museum of Civilizations \| Museum of Oriental Art Giuseppe Tucci
Date	3rd/9th century
Notes	The shape of this model is taken from Chinese ceramics from the Tang era (618-906), which is characterized by a dark silver-blue decoration. This decoration is placed on a large, simplified drawing of flowers on a ribbed ground with stars, the heads of which are covered with small lines. In the middle is a drawing known as (Solomon's Seal), which is a type of decoration that was common in Islamic art. The bowl is decorated with simple and beautiful plant stems. It can be considered a Mesopotamian product due to the silvery blue layer on an ivory white ground. This layer is of great importance because it constitutes one of the oldest examples in the Islamic world that imitates the fine Chinese porcelain that reached Egypt, Iraq, and Persia via the Silk Road. Imitators of this Chinese porcelain used a thick layer of compounds of glass and lead oxide mixed with tin oxide. The result was a solid, ivory-white layer covering the piece and drawing a decoration on top of it that suits Islamic taste.
Sample Text	Paola Torre “Base decorated with ray-like lines” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01;17;ar

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A bowl decorated with ray-like lines

(زبدية مزخرفة بخطوط تشبه الأشعة)

Publication Date 3rd/9th century

Publication Place - National Museum of Oriental Art

Subject Glazed porcelain.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 6 سم؛ القطر 19.8 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 1377

Record ID object;ISL;it;Mus01;17;ar

Library Location Museum of Civilizations | Museum of Oriental Art Giuseppe Tucci

Date 3rd/9th century

Notes The shape of this model is taken from Chinese ceramics from the Tang era (618-906), which is characterized by a dark silver-blue decoration. This decoration is placed on a large, simplified drawing of flowers on a ribbed ground with stars, the heads of which are covered with small lines. In the middle is a drawing known as (Solomon's Seal), which is a type of decoration that was common in Islamic art. The bowl is decorated with simple and beautiful plant stems. It can be considered a Mesopotamian product due to the silvery blue layer on an ivory white ground. This layer is of great importance because it constitutes one of the oldest examples in the Islamic world that imitates the fine Chinese porcelain that reached Egypt, Iraq, and Persia via the Silk Road. Imitators of this Chinese porcelain used a thick layer of compounds of glass and lead oxide mixed with tin oxide. The result was a solid, ivory-white layer covering the piece and drawing a decoration on top of it that suits Islamic taste.

Sample Text Paola Torre “Base decorated with ray-like lines” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01;17;ar