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'Silhouette' Glazed Jug - AMD.015, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1000 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 11.0" (27.9cm) high x 7.3" (18.5cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Silhouette Ware, Medium: Buff, Earthenware, Silhouette wares a specialty of Central Asian potters during the 12th and early 13th centuries. The technique involves and extensive black slip which, depending on which side the potters wanted to decorate, covers either the inside or the outside of the vessel out of which the design was carved out, and then it was coated with a colourless or coloured transparent glaze.
Antiquities
Ancient Near East
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