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Lustre Painted Baluster Jar - LO.722, Origin: Central Asia,Circa: 1100 AD to 1300 AD, Dimensions: 8.50" (21.6cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Kashan Ware, Medium: Lustreware, Condition: Restored, Preoccupation with surface decoration reached new levels of technical sophistication with the use of metal-based "luster" pigments—a combination of copper and silver—in twelfth- century Iran. The pigment was applied to the cold body of an already glazed tile or vessel, which was refired in a specially constructed kiln that allowed the metallic oxides to adhere to the vessel. The result was a shimmering lustrous surface rivaling those of gold and silver metal objects.
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