Publication Date
7th/13th century
Publication Place
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Beryl Collection, Glasgow Museums
Subject
White quartz paste decorated with black under a green transparent glaze.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
11.4 سم؛ القطر (عند الحافة) 20.9 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
BC 33.39
Record ID
object;ISL;uk;Mus04;11;ar
Library Location
Beryl Collection, Glasgow Museums
Date
7th/13th century
Notes
A bowl made of white quartz paste, shallow, with a base and a flat upper rim: decorated with an array of rectangular shapes in successive circles, with dark black edges, taking a hexagonal shape in the center. As for the upper contour, it is decorated with an inscription similar to Arabic - perhaps Kufic. There are basic decorations covering the background between the rectangles and in the center of the hexagons. Raqqa was one of two main centers of ceramic production in Ayyubid Syria, while Rusafa was the second. In Raqqa, there were a number of ceramics manufacturing workshops, and they produced a large collection of pottery vessels. Among them are those with a metallic luster, cut into engraved molds, and decorated with drawings under a glazed layer. Ceramic production stopped when the Mongols completely destroyed the city in AH 657 / 1259. Tools of this style were also found in abundance throughout Egypt, because Fustat was an active international port, and because Syrian potters settled in Fustat and established their ceramic workshops there.
Sample Text
Noorah Al-Gailani, Noorah Al-Gailani "Baseful" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus04;11;ar
