Glazed Dish with Brown Abstract Motives - LO.709, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1300 AD, Dimensions: 3.75" (9.5cm) high x 9.75" (24.8cm) depth, Collection: Islamic  More »

Glazed Dish with Brown Abstract Motives - LO.709, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1300 AD, Dimensions: 3.75" (9.5cm) high x 9.75" (24.8cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Fritware.   « Less

Turquoise-and-Black Bowl - LO.719, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1450 AD to 1600 AD, Dimensions: 3.75" (9.5cm) high x 8" (20.3cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style:  More »

Turquoise-and-Black Bowl - LO.719, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1450 AD to 1600 AD, Dimensions: 3.75" (9.5cm) high x 8" (20.3cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Turquoise-and-Black, ex 'Kubachi', Medium: Fritware., The deep bowl, made of greyish fritware, with narrow straight footring, the interior painted in black under a turquoise blue glaze. A six-petals design radiating from a central circular medallion, each petal decorated with a central arabesque, the space between the rim and the petals filled with a net pattern. The previously called 'Kubachi ware' are not a typologically homogeneous group, as in fact they were named after the Caucasian village of Kubachi in Daghestan where a large number of them were found, at the beginning of the 20th century. They, however, were definitely not produced in loco, but imported probably from Persian centres like Samarkand, Nishapur and Meshhed. Painting in black under turquoise glaze had been practiced continually in Persia since the end of the 12th century. Yet the rendition of a radiating flower (lotus) panel was drawn from Chinese models. Chinese stylistic influence was already present during the Timurid period, when the earliest example of 'Turquoise- and-black' ware were indeed produced in Nishapur. The earliest datable example is in the Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale in Rome and is dated 1468. The decoration of all these Timurid luxury vessels reveals a combination of the silhouette and the underglaze painted techniques; all of them are coated with a transparent turquoise blue glaze, hence the name turquoise-and-black ware. For comparable examples see: G. Fehervari, Ceramics of the Islamic World, 2000: pp.235-236 and 272-3. E.Grube, 'Notes on the Decorative Arts of the Timurid Period I' in Gururajamanjarika, Studi in Onore di Giuseppe Tucci, Naples, 1974:pp. 233- 79.   « Less

Underglaze Painted Carinated Jar - LO.720, Origin: Syria Circa: 1200 AD to 1300 AD, Dimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high x 6.375" (16.2cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style:  More »

Underglaze Painted Carinated Jar - LO.720, Origin: Syria Circa: 1200 AD to 1300 AD, Dimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high x 6.375" (16.2cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Earthenware. Turquoise-glazed black painted carinated jar with four loop handles on the sides, the body carrying a decorative register filled with large dots and framed by concentric bands. A rather cursorily drawn vertical strokes band runs around the neck. For a comparable example see: G.Fehervari, Ceramics of the Islamic World, 2000: no.226, p. 178.   « Less

Underglaze Painted Bowl - LO.723, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1300 AD to 1400 AD, Dimensions: 3.75" (9.5cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Timurid, Medium:  More »

Underglaze Painted Bowl - LO.723, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1300 AD to 1400 AD, Dimensions: 3.75" (9.5cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Timurid, Medium: Underglaze Pottery. A Timurid underglaze painted pottery bowl of rounded form, decorated in cobalt blue, black and turquoise, the centre radiating outwards in panels filled with foliage, dots and abstract motifs. The rim with a solid border in black, the exterior with radiating palmettes.   « Less

Buffware Polychrome Dish - PF.7017, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD, Dimensions: 3.50" (8.9cm) high x 8.625" (21.9cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style:  More »

Buffware Polychrome Dish - PF.7017, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD, Dimensions: 3.50" (8.9cm) high x 8.625" (21.9cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Nishapur Buffware, Medium: Buff Earthenware.   « Less

Slipware Bowl with Cufic Inscription - LO.724, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD to 11 th Century AD, Dimensions: 3" (7.6cm) high x 9.625" (24.4cm) depth,  More »

Slipware Bowl with Cufic Inscription - LO.724, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD to 11 th Century AD, Dimensions: 3" (7.6cm) high x 9.625" (24.4cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Glazed. Earthenware. The interest in this bowl lies in the baroque elaboration of the script in interlacings and twisting of the letter forms.   « Less

Green-Glazed Jar with Bent Handle - LO.725, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 9.50" (24.1cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium:  More »

Green-Glazed Jar with Bent Handle - LO.725, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 9.50" (24.1cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Glazed Earthenware. Green-coated earthenware jar with globular body, surmounted by a generous bent handle. The wheel-thrown body features consecutive horizontal thin lines incised on the biscuit.The glaze was put directly onto the surface of the vessel, covering only the upper part of the body and both sides of the straight rim and handle and stopping short of the base and inside below the rim.   « Less

Slipware Calligraphic Bowl - LO.726, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD to 11 th Century AD, Dimensions: 3.25" (8.3cm) high x 6.5" (16.5cm) depth, Collection:  More »

Slipware Calligraphic Bowl - LO.726, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD to 11 th Century AD, Dimensions: 3.25" (8.3cm) high x 6.5" (16.5cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Nishapur Slipware, Medium: Glazed Earthenware.   « Less

Green-Glazed Earthenware Amphora Vase - LO.729, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 7 th Century AD to 13 th Century AD, Dimensions: 7" (17.8cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art,  More »

Green-Glazed Earthenware Amphora Vase - LO.729, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 7 th Century AD to 13 th Century AD, Dimensions: 7" (17.8cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Glazed Earthenware. Double handled jar with uneven lead-green glaze covering all the surface up to the everted rim. Concentric incised bands on the neck. Whether this type of vessel was produced in Bamiyan or some other centres in Afghanistan is still not certain. Their distribution covers not only Afghanistan but also Khurasan and other parts of Central Asia, though always dated prior to the Mongol invasion in AD 1220. For a discussion on lead-glazed ware from Afghanistan see: G. Fehervari, Ceramics of the Islamic World, 2000: pp. 149-151.   « Less

Slip Painted Polychrome Pottery Jug - LO.730, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD to 11 th Century AD, Dimensions: 7.5" (19.1cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art,  More »

Slip Painted Polychrome Pottery Jug - LO.730, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD to 11 th Century AD, Dimensions: 7.5" (19.1cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Nishapur or Samarqand Slip Painted, Medium: Pottery.   « Less