Yazar
Unknown
Basım Tarihi
1175
Basım Yeri
Kashan (made) -
Konu
Figures Animals
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Height: 27.5cm, Diameter: 16.5cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
C.1954-1910
Kayıt Numarası
C.1954-1910
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
1175
Notlar
The decoration on this ewer shows how Iranian potters used lustre only for outlines, details and backgrounds. The main motifs, such as the seated figures on this large ewer, were left in white against a lustre ground. The technique of lustre decoration on ceramics was first developed in Iraq in the 9th century. About 1170, the lustre technique was taken from Syria to the city of Kashan in Iran, where this piece was made. With this technique potters made a glazed vessel or tile with little or no decoration in the normal way. When the piece had cooled, they painted a design 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
Fritware with opaque cobalt-blue glaze and lustre-painted decoration Fritware Lustre
Fiziksel açıklama
Lustre-painted jug with seated figures on body and animals running around shoulder, blue glaze under the foot.
Üretim
Formerly thought to have been made in Rayy.
Üslup
Kashan Islamic
