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Dish

Title	Dish
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	850
Publication Place	Basra (made) -
Subject	Geometric Patterns
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Diameter: 34.3cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	C.45-1952
Record ID	C.45-1952
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	850
Notes	This large, flat dish has lustre decoration in yellow and brown. Experts think this two-colour combination, seen also in some contemporary glass, represents the earliest phase of lustre production in ceramics. 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 with lustre decoration in two colours Clay Opaque White Glaze Earthenware Lustre Lustre-Painted Glazing
Fiziksel açıklama	Dish after a metal shape, buff-coloured earthenware (fritware), flat with wide, broad rim, covered in tin-opacified white glaze, painted in yellow and red lustre (bi-chrome lustre), the design divided int oa simple quadrant with triangular panels each filled in with further patterning, foliate or geometric, probably inspired by engraved or repousse work on metalwork.
Üslup	Abbasid Islamic

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Dish

Author Unknown

Publication Date 850

Publication Place Basra (made) -

Subject Geometric Patterns

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Diameter: 34.3cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID C.45-1952

Record ID C.45-1952

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 850

Notes This large, flat dish has lustre decoration in yellow and brown. Experts think this two-colour combination, seen also in some contemporary glass, represents the earliest phase of lustre production in ceramics. 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 with lustre decoration in two colours Clay Opaque White Glaze Earthenware Lustre Lustre-Painted Glazing

Fiziksel açıklama Dish after a metal shape, buff-coloured earthenware (fritware), flat with wide, broad rim, covered in tin-opacified white glaze, painted in yellow and red lustre (bi-chrome lustre), the design divided int oa simple quadrant with triangular panels each filled in with further patterning, foliate or geometric, probably inspired by engraved or repousse work on metalwork.

Üslup Abbasid Islamic