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THBAbbasid Tin Glazed Ware Pottery Bowl, ex-Christie's
Lot 128
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Near East/Middle East, Iraq, Abbasid Dynasty, ca. 9th to 10th century CE. A magnificent lustreware (lusterware) ceramic bowl, made in ancient Iraq and inspired by Tang China. It is a shallow bowl with wide, flaring sides and a diminutive disc foot. The interior is decorated with a delicately-painted elegant motif of a flower in blue on white. Around the rim, in the same colors, a band of laurel leaves forms a border between the interior and exterior of the bowl. This is a truly stunning example of some of the earliest style of this pottery that would come to define Islamic ceramic art for centuries. Size: 7.95" W x 2.45" H (20.2 cm x 6.2 cm)
In the later 8th century, Islamic empires in the west and China in the east battled each other for control of the incredibly lucrative trade along the Silk Road. At one point, the western powers captured a group of Tang Dynasty craftsmen, holding them in Baghdad for over 10 years. Tou-Houan, one of these captives, had been taken from his workshop near Samarqand after the Battle of Talas in 751 CE. After his return to China over a decade later, he wrote to his emperor that he and his countrymen had taught the Abbasids several important techniques. With this knowledge, Abbasid artisans created lustreware, a decorative technique that they likened to alchemy - it used a lead-based glaze, silver, and copper paint to create a golden sheen on ceramic surfaces. The warm glow of the motifs here are a perfect example of this "magical" technology. See several similar examples in the Khalili Collection, London, UK, the most famous collection of Islamic artwork in the world
Provenance: private California, USA collection, purchased from Christies of London Oct 10, 2006 lot 99; ex-Japanese collection
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#156009Expertly repaired and restored from multiple pieces. Amazing deposits and craquelure on surface. Old Christie's tag and another old tag on underside.Condition
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