pottery: Pottery of Asia
Pottery of Asia
Painted pottery of the Neolithic period has been found in China. By the 2d cent.
Islamic pottery making was centered at Baghdad in the 10th cent. Blue and green clear glazes were used, and lusterware was first employed as an overglaze. Lusterware was highly developed under the Fatimites in Egypt (969–1171), and the technique continued in use at major pottery centers over the centuries that followed. During the 13th cent. Mongol domination of Persia brought renewed Chinese influence to Islamic pottery making. Fine examples of Hispano-Moorish pottery date from the 14th cent. Islamic architecture in the 15th cent. utilized ceramic tile in immense quantities, as on the Blue Mosque at Tabriz.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Modern Pottery
- Pottery of the Americas
- Pottery of Europe
- Pottery of Asia
- Pottery of the Ancient Mediterranean
- Early History
- Methods of Production
- Types of Pottery
- Bibliography
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