Author
Unknown
Publication Date
700
Publication Place
Basra (made) -
Subject
Earthenware Ceramics Islam
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 24cm, Height: 6.6cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
C.178-1984
Record ID
C.178-1984
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
700
Notes
This bowl illustrates the first stage in the development of Islamic luxury ceramics. In the early 9th century Iraqi potters began to imitate elegant white bowls imported from China. They used the local yellow clay, which they masked with an opaque white glaze. The shape of this bowl imitates that of a type of Chinese imported stoneware. It originally had the same bright whiteness, now dulled by long burial. Glazed ceramics were not widely used in the pre-Islamic Middle East, but in the 8th and 9th centuries they began to assume the important role they have today. The high-fired stoneware ceramics from China, first brought to Iraq by sea in the 8th century, were one stimulus for this change.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Glazed earthenware Earthenware Glazing
Fiziksel açıklama
Earthenware bowl with an opaque white glaze.
Üslup
Islamic
