Publication Date
Seventh-eighth / thirteenth-fourteenth centuries
Publication Place
-
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Museums
Subject
White quartz paste, decorated with silvery blue and black decorations under a clear, colorless glaze.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 4.5سم ( الحد الأقصى)؛ العرض: 10.5سم ( الحد الأقصى )
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
A.1944.21.h.1
Record ID
object;ISL;uk;Mus04;24;ar
Library Location
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Museums
Date
Seventh-eighth / thirteenth-fourteenth centuries
Notes
A shard of a bowl made of white quartz paste decorated with silver-blue and black decorations under a clear, colorless glaze. This kasra consists of the bottom of a plate decorated with a circle containing Arabic calligraphy interlaced with symmetrical petioles and leaves. The circle is surrounded by a ring of black and white colored decoration. Because the design and manufacturing method of this bowl were common in both Syria and Egypt, it is very difficult to determine the exact place of manufacture. This difficulty lies in the fact that potters in both Egypt and Syria, during the Mamluk era, were moving between the cities of these two regions in search of work. The style of black and white painting under an underglaze layer began in Iran during the late 7th / 13th century, and quickly spread to Syria and Egypt. The main distinguishing features between wares made in Iran, Syria, or Egypt are the different shapes and sizes of the pieces.
Sample Text
Noorah Al-Gailani, Noorah Al-Gailani “A fragment of a bowl” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus04;24;ar
