Fragment
850-900 (made)
| Place of origin |
Iraq potters were the first to use lustre on ceramics. Around 850, they adapted the technique from glass-making. Lustre decoration was practised throughout the Middle East. By about 1150, the main centre was Kashan, in Iran. A treatise written there in 1301 by the potter Abu'l Qasim contains detailed technical information on how to make lustrewares, which he described as 'shining like the light of the sun'.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Fragment, tin-glazed earthenware, decorated in polychrome lustre, Iraq, probably Basra, 850-900. |
| Dimensions |
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| Gallery label | Fragment with coloured lustres
Iraq, probably Basra, 850-900
Potters experimented with different colour combinations of lustre pigments, some of which were difficult to fire.(2009) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr. G. D. Hornblower |
| Summary | Iraq potters were the first to use lustre on ceramics. Around 850, they adapted the technique from glass-making. Lustre decoration was practised throughout the Middle East. By about 1150, the main centre was Kashan, in Iran. A treatise written there in 1301 by the potter Abu'l Qasim contains detailed technical information on how to make lustrewares, which he described as 'shining like the light of the sun'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.763-1921 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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