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Dikran Kelekian (December 27, 1867 [1] – January 1951), was a notable collector and dealer of Islamic art. The son of an Armenian banker from Kayseri , Dikran Kelekian and his brother Kevork set themselves up in the antiquities business in Istanbul in 1892.
The first Islamic opaque glazes can be found as blue-painted ware in Basra, dating to around the 8th century. Another significant contribution was the development of stoneware originating in 9th-century Iraq. [13] It was a vitreous or semivitreous ceramic ware of fine texture, made primarily from non-refactory fire clay. [14]
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Bowl with couple in a garden, around 1200. In this type of scene, the figures are larger than in other common subjects. Diameter 18.8 cm. [1] Side view of the same bowl Mina'i ware is a type of Persian pottery, or Islamic pottery, developed in Kashan in the decades leading up to the Mongol invasion of Persia and Mesopotamia in 1219, after which production ceased. [2]
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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 ...
Early Islamic lustreware ceramics were predominately produced in Lower Mesopotamia during the ninth and tenth centuries. [24] In the Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia, the upper part of the mihrab is adorned with polychrome and monochrome lustreware tiles; dating from 862 to 863, these tiles were most probably imported from Mesopotamia. The ...
The exact date of this change, fundamental for the whole history of Islamic ceramics, remains very vague, for lack of a precise chronological marker.We can nevertheless make several remarks concerning the stylistic evolution of the decorations.We are thus witnessing the appearance of a figurative, animal and anthropomorphic decoration, very ...