Publication Date
XIII century
Publication Place
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Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
39.5 × 25 × 13 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
POT 857
Record ID
object;EPM;uk;Mus21;18;ar
Library Location
Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date
XIII century
Notes
The vase made of pottery dough is in the shape of a dromedary camel and there is a large vase on its hump and some on its body as well. The luster-painted decoration includes decorations, a camel saddle cloth, and also a medallion with a lyre. Roving craftsmen from Fatimid Egypt and Ayyubid Syria could have created the luster-painted vessels produced in the town of Kashan in the late twelfth century onwards. It is now agreed that these lustrous wares were the product of the city's firing kilns, which were produced over a continuous period extending over a century. During all this time, the city appears to have successfully continued its monopoly on this industry and exported little, if anything, to the borders of the region today called Iran (for example, in Central Asia or Afghanistan), in which it also had very little.
Sample Text
“Number/Portrait of a Dromedary” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;18;ar
