Yazar
Unknown
Basım Yeri
Syria (made) -
Konu
Vine Scrolls
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Height: 6.5cm, Maximum width: 7.5cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
C.24-1932
Kayıt Numarası
C.24-1932
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Notlar
Lustre pigments were used on glass vessels before they were used on ceramics. Glassmakers in Egypt were using them in the period 700-800, when this piece was made. Here they have been applied as a brown and yellow vine-scroll design on both the inside and outside of the clear glass. This two-colour combination is also found on the earliest lustre-decorated ceramics. The technique of lustre decoration on ceramics was first developed in Iraq in the 9th century. The basic technique for both glass and ceramics was the same. A vessel (glazed if ceramic) was made in the normal way. When the piece had cooled, the design was painted on in metallic compounds. The piece 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.
Tarihsel bağlam
The earliest technique of glass painting in the Islamic world involves the application of a monochrome brownish or yellowish metallic pigment, usually on pale-aquamarine coloured bowls, although other types of objects such as drinking horns and dishes are not uncommon. These 8th or 9th century creations generally feature sketchy figurative or vegetal patterns, and sometimes inscriptions in cursive or kufic calligraphy. By applying pigments to both sides of open-shaped vessels, glassmakers highlighted details or outlines and exploited the transparent glass wall in order to create shading effects. This type of glass decoration was probably developed by Coptic craftsmen who settled in Egypt but it is likely such glass was also made in Syria.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Glass, with lustre-painted decoration Glass Lustre Blowing Firing Painting
Fiziksel açıklama
Cup of bluish glass with reddish-brownish lustre painted decoration of vine scroll departing from vase covering body of vessel. Very finely blown. Broken and repaired with parts missing. Slight kick, pontil mark. Oxidization to some decoration.
Üslup
Islamic