Author
Unknown
Publication Place
Basra (made) -
Subject
Deer Dots
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 9.5cm, Height: 3.2cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
C.350-1930
Record ID
C.350-1930
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
This bowl represents an early development in Iraqi lustre ceramics. In the initial phase of lustre production, potters used two metallic pigments. Here the potter has used only one, but now it has a more reflective surface. The decoration was inspired by the silverware of the period, which was sometimes decorated with humans and animals. Even the dotted background reproduces the texture of silver. Potters in Iraq invented the technique of lustre decoration on ceramics in the 9th century. First they made a glazed vessel or tile with little or no decoration in the normal way. When the piece had cooled, a design was painted over the glaze in metallic compounds. The pot or tile was then fired again, this time with a restricted supply of oxygen. In these conditions, the metallic compounds broke down, and a thin deposit of copper or silver was left on the surface of the glaze. When polished, this surface layer reflected the light.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Tin-glazed earthenware (fritware) with in-painted and lustre decoration Clay Earthenware Lustre Opaque White Glaze Glazing
Fiziksel açıklama
Small bowl, buff-coloured earthenware (fritware), shallow with curving rim on a low broad footring, covered in an opaque white glaze, in-glaze painted in cobalt blue with a single radial inscription and painted in a silver-rich yellow lustre with a stag in a contour panel against a dotted or stippled ground. The exterior with concentric circles of varied width and dotted lines
Üslup
Abbasid Islamic
