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Decorated ceramic vessels from Assiut
(أوعية خزفية مزينة من أسيوط)

Title	Decorated ceramic vessels from Assiut
Title Original	أوعية خزفية مزينة من أسيوط
Publication Date:	1893
Publication Place	- World Museum, Vienna
Subject	earthenware
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع الأعظمي : 27 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	47.764 and others
Record ID	object;EPM;at;Mus23;9;ar
Library Location	World Museum, Vienna
Date	1893
Notes	In the second half of the nineteenth century, a journey along the Nile River was launched and was one of the distinguished trips to Egypt by rich Europeans. In Assiut, on the road from Cairo to Assiut, tourists bought quality products from the capital of the pottery industry. In hundreds of these homes, pottery makers formed vessels for local demand, for tourism, and for export: incense burner vessels for mosques in Assiut, bowls for rose water, or scrapers with crocodile-shaped bases. Previously, vases from ancient Egypt were influenced by the shape and decoration of silver and porcelain vessels in Europe. At this time, silver vessels from France and Vienna began to serve as models for pottery makers in Assiut. During the period of the renaissance of tourism and international trade, a mixture of local pottery art and pieces sought after in Europe formed. These new vessels were Egyptian enough to appear foreign in appearance while remaining reliable and cheap to be bought for homes as quality souvenirs. Today, no one in Assiut remembers the once thriving pottery industry.
Sample Text	“Decorated ceramic vessels from Assiut” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus23;9;ar

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Decorated ceramic vessels from Assiut

(أوعية خزفية مزينة من أسيوط)

Publication Date 1893

Publication Place - World Museum, Vienna

Subject earthenware

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع الأعظمي : 27 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 47.764 and others

Record ID object;EPM;at;Mus23;9;ar

Library Location World Museum, Vienna

Date 1893

Notes In the second half of the nineteenth century, a journey along the Nile River was launched and was one of the distinguished trips to Egypt by rich Europeans. In Assiut, on the road from Cairo to Assiut, tourists bought quality products from the capital of the pottery industry. In hundreds of these homes, pottery makers formed vessels for local demand, for tourism, and for export: incense burner vessels for mosques in Assiut, bowls for rose water, or scrapers with crocodile-shaped bases. Previously, vases from ancient Egypt were influenced by the shape and decoration of silver and porcelain vessels in Europe. At this time, silver vessels from France and Vienna began to serve as models for pottery makers in Assiut. During the period of the renaissance of tourism and international trade, a mixture of local pottery art and pieces sought after in Europe formed. These new vessels were Egyptian enough to appear foreign in appearance while remaining reliable and cheap to be bought for homes as quality souvenirs. Today, no one in Assiut remembers the once thriving pottery industry.

Sample Text “Decorated ceramic vessels from Assiut” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus23;9;ar