Earthenware bowl, covered by a white slip with incised ornamentation and decorated with splashes of color in a transparent glaze
Eastern Iran or Central Asia; 10th century
H: 7.5; Diam: 25.5 cm
Inventory number 2/1965
The decoration on this bowl, like so much Samanid art, was inspired by decoration from Abbasid Iraq, and Iraqi potters, in turn, might have been inspired by Chinese models, i.e. Tang splashed ware.
The green, yellow, and brownish splashes run out into the transparent glaze and create a seemingly random yet planned pattern. The underlying incised decoration, in the russet color of the clay against the white slip, is purely Islamic. This sgraffito technique was later to become a popular form of decoration, which was exported to Europe.
The green, yellow, and brownish splashes run out into the transparent glaze and create a seemingly random yet planned pattern. The underlying incised decoration, in the russet color of the clay against the white slip, is purely Islamic. This sgraffito technique was later to become a popular form of decoration, which was exported to Europe.
Published in
Published in
Kjeld von Folsach: Islamic art. The David Collection, Copenhagen 1990, cat.no.62;
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 103;
Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom (ed.): Cosmophilia. Islamic Art from the David Collection, Copenhagen, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston 2006. cat.no. 98;
John A. Burrison: Global clay: themes in world ceramic traditions, Bloomington 2017, fig. 3.15, pp. 80 and 82;
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 103;
Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom (ed.): Cosmophilia. Islamic Art from the David Collection, Copenhagen, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston 2006. cat.no. 98;
John A. Burrison: Global clay: themes in world ceramic traditions, Bloomington 2017, fig. 3.15, pp. 80 and 82;
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