Yazar
Unknown
Basım Tarihi
1400
Basım Yeri
Samarqand (made) -
Konu
Vine Scroll
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Diameter: 38.5cm, Height: 6.4cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
C.206-1984
Kayıt Numarası
C.206-1984
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
1400
Notlar
A pottery workshop was established at the court at Samarqand around 1401 under the patronage of Timur, the Uzbek ruler. Timur had invaded Syria, and forced potters from Damascus to move to Samarqand. Timur was a great patron of art and culture, and having established his court, he needed craftsmen to supply luxury wares. At the time, Chinese porcelain was available in sufficient quantities to be used as tablewares for dining, but supplies had ceased with the fall of the Yuan dynasty. This dish is a close copy of Chinese Yuan dynasty originals, possibly imitating examples included in the spoils from his campaigns in Syria. Fritware shards painted in blue imitating Chinese prototypes have been found in Samarqand (cf. C.189-1911). The petrofabric of this dish reveals that the quartz, a crucial component, was derived from sand rather than the usual river pebbles used in Iranian technology to make the body. This confirms that the potters from Damascus working in Samarqand, had brought their technology with them.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware with underglaze painted decoration Fritware Underglaze
Fiziksel açıklama
Dish, fritware, with flat rim, underglaze painted in cobalt blue under a thick, uneven green-tinged glaze. The decorative scheme after Chinese Yuan and early Ming dynasty originals: the central motif depicting a scholar's rock enclosed by a scrolling vine, possibly convolvulus, with borders of continuous flowering scrolls.
Üretim
Made by Syrian potters transplanted from Damascus to Samarqand by Timur in 1402.
Üslup
Islamic
