Bowl with Blue Paint on White Glaze

Collection number	陶051-0094
Provenance	Basra, Mesopotamia
Period	Abbasid period
Date	9th Century CE
Material	Glazed Pottery
Dimension	D. 19.3 cm
Comment	As the art of navigation developed around the turn of the 9th century, Chinese white porcelain produced between the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was transported to various places as trade goods and became very popular. As a result, numerous imitative pieces were produced in Mesopotamia. Being one of these imitative products, this piece painstakingly imitates not only the shape of white porcelain but also the way the white glaze is poured even on the bottom. Due to low firing temperature, this piece is very fragile. In order to compensate for this shortcoming, it features designs drawn in indigo blue that appeal to people in the Orient, a feature which is not found in white Chinese porcelain.
Classification	glazed pottery
Keywords	White, Blue, Navy blue Elegant, Soft Western Asia, Iraq, Southern Iraq, Mesopotamia, Basra Islamic Dynasties, Early Islamic Period, Abbasid Dynasty Clay, Glazed pottery Vessel, Bowl, Based/Legged vessel, Based Plant, Pattern, Geometric
資料ID	2014