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Experts think this two-colour combination, seen also in some contemporary glass, represents the earliest phase of lustre production in ceramics. \r\n\r\nPotters in Iraq invented the technique of lustre decoration on ceramics in the 9th century. First they made a glazed vessel or tile with little or no decoration in the normal way. When the piece had cooled, a design was painted over the glaze in metallic compounds. The pot or tile was then fired again, this time with a restricted supply of oxygen. In these conditions, the metallic compounds broke down, and a thin deposit of copper or silver was left on the surface of the glaze. When polished, this surface layer reflected the light.","physicalDescription":"Dish after a metal shape, buff-coloured earthenware (fritware), flat with wide, broad rim, covered in tin-opacified white glaze, painted in yellow and red lustre (bi-chrome lustre), the design divided int oa simple quadrant with triangular panels each filled in with further patterning, foliate or geometric, probably inspired by engraved or repousse work on metalwork.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"clay","id":"AAT10439"},{"text":"opaque white glaze","id":"x29391"},{"text":"earthenware","id":"x29356"},{"text":"lustre","id":"x29389"}],"techniques":[{"text":"lustre-painted","id":"x36217"},{"text":"glazing","id":"AAT53914"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration in two colours","categories":[{"text":"Islam","id":"THES48932"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"}],"styles":[{"text":"Abbasid","id":"AAT21521"},{"text":"Islamic","id":""}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MES","id":"THES48607"},"images":["2006AF7242","2006AF7241"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"42 (VA)","id":"THES49806"},"free":"","case":"2W","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Dish","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Basra","id":"x29388"},"association":{"text":"made","id":""},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 850","earliest":"0845-01-01","latest":"0854-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":""},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Purchased with Art Fund support and the Byran Bequest","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"34.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Dish, tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration, Iraq (probably Basra),ca. 850.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Kühnel, Ernst, \"Die Abbasidischen Lüsterfayencen\", Ars Islamica, I, 1934, p. 154, fig. 3"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"geometric patterns","id":"AAT165213"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Jameel Gallery \r\n\r\nWhiteware Dish with Lustre\r\nIraq, probably Basra\r\nAbout 850 \r\n\r\nLike the glass cup below, this large, flat dish was painted in two colours of lustre, yellow and brown. This combination is thought to represent the earliest phase of lustre production in ceramics. \r\n\r\nEarthenware with lustre painted over the opaque glaze \r\nMuseum no. C.45-1952\r\nPurchased with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund and the Bryan Bequest\r\n","date":{"text":"2006","earliest":"2006-01-01","latest":"2006-12-31"}},{"text":"DISH\r\nWhite-glazed earthenware painted in yellow and brown lustre\r\nMESOPOTAMIAN; mid 9th century","date":{"text":"Used until 11/2003","earliest":null,"latest":"2003-11-30"}}],"partNumbers":["C.45-1952"],"accessionNumberNum":"45","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1952,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"","id":""},"number":"Kelekian Loan 159"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP7996","2019LP5796","2019LU9049","2019LT8282"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"1998-01-28","availableToBook":false}}