Publication Date
Late fifth-early sixth century/late twelfth-early thirteenth century
Publication Place
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Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Subject
Quartz paste (ferrite) colored black underglaze, alkaline light turquoise underglaze.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 10.4 سم؛ القطر: 22 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
A.1976.342
Record ID
object;ISL;uk;Mus03;10;ar
Library Location
Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Date
Late fifth-early sixth century/late twelfth-early thirteenth century
Notes
A round bowl with a high, curved base and sides that slope toward a flat lip that protrudes inward. Under a light turquoise glaze, it stops at the base. The decoration of the bowl grows thickly in black under the glaze as well as at the edge where the black broad strokes follow. Around the inner walls of the bowl, a band of three fine lines appears at the top and bottom, and the rhombuses are distributed at regular distances. The base of the wide bowl is occupied by a circular ornament containing a large continuous inscription on a scroll-decorated ground densely decorated with dots. The inscription mentions "Al-Afiya", and on the outside of the bowl there is a short, illegible cursive inscription. Raqqa was a center for the production of high-quality ceramics outside Iran, and it produced a large quantity of ceramic vessels varying in terms of techniques and artistic and faience creativity during the late 5th - early 6th / late 12th - mid-13th centuries. The black and turquoise shown on this piece are considered the hallmark of Raqqa ceramics during this period, and the collection is characterized by a coarse-grained quartz paste with a glaze that tends to deteriorate, usually giving different shades of iridescent colours.
Sample Text
Ulrike Al-Khamis “Bowl with base” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus03;10;ar
