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The Arts of Islam, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976, ISBN 0-7287-0081-6; Mason, Robert B. (1995). "New Looks at Old Pots: Results of Recent Multidisciplinary Studies of Glazed Ceramics from the Islamic World". Muqarnas: Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. XII. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-10314-7.
The production of glazed ceramics did not stop abruptly with the arrival of Islam, but on the contrary continued for some time. Thus, we know of jars and amphorae probably produced after the conquest, but which retain the old models. From a decorative point of view, these pieces are covered with a monochrome glaze, most often yellow or green.
Islamic art has very notable achievements in ceramics, both in pottery and tiles for walls, which in the absence of wall-paintings were taken to heights unmatched by other cultures. Early pottery is often unglazed, but tin-opacified glazing was one of the earliest new technologies developed by the Islamic potters.
Lajvardina-type ceramics were developed in the 13th century following the Mongol invasion of Persia. It was produced throughout the Ilkhanate [ broken anchor ] reign. It is characterized by its deep blue color and often features geometric patterns or foliage inlaid with gold leaf.
A 1930s archeological survey of villages in the vicinity of Sultanabad, Iran uncovered that the region was a major center of Ilkhanid ceramic industry.Ilkhanid ceramics distinguished by their heavy potting, along with thick translucent glaze were henceforth called Sultanabad ware. [3]
Lustreware was a speciality of Islamic pottery, at least partly because the use of drinking and eating vessels in gold and silver, the ideal in ancient Rome and Persia as well as medieval Christian societies, is prohibited by the Hadiths, [2] with the result that pottery and glass were used for tableware by Muslim elites, when Christian ...
A dish with epigraphic decoration is an Islamic ceramic characteristic of the art developed in eastern Iran and Transoxiana around the 10th century, mainly during the Samanid dynasty (819-1005). The dish was presented to the Louvre Museum, by Alphonse Kann in 1935. [1]
Islamic decoration and craftsmanship had a significant influence on Western art when Venetian merchants brought goods of many types back to Italy from the 14th century onwards. [37] The tessellations of zellij tilework in the Alhambra of Granada were also an important source of inspiration for the work of 20th-century Dutch artist M. C. Escher.