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Description: Luster-painted ceramic jar, Damascus

TitleLuster-painted ceramic jar, Damascus

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureMamluk

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 1250–1300

Object typeContainer

MaterialsGlazed and lustre-painted ceramic

DimensionsH 11 3/8 in. (29 cm)

LocationDar al-Athar al-Islamiyya, Kuwait

https://darmuseum.org.kw/the-collections/ceramics/#iLightbox[gallery-1]/5

Accession numberLNS 188 C

SubjectsIslamic potteryArt, MamelukeIslamic decoration and ornamentIslamic luster-wareArt, Ayyubid

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Chapter 6: Central Islamic Lands

Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, Marilyn Jenkins-Madina

Islamic Art and Architecture: 650–1250

For reasons provided in the Prologue to Part II of this volume, the presentation of the medieval arts in central Islamic lands has been divided into two sections.

Author

Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, Marilyn Jenkins-Madina

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.187-265

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00202.006

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Chapter subject tags:Architecture, FatimidDecorative arts, FatimidArchitecture, SeljukJazira (Iraq and Syria)Art, Ayyubid

8. The Arts in Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks

Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom

The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800

Architecture was the preeminent art of the Mamluk period and the Mamluks’ patronage of architecture defined many of the other arts, which produced fittings and furnishings for their charitable foundations. Such diverse objects as glass lamps, brass candlesticks, paper Koran manuscripts, and wooden minbars can all be understood within the continuous...

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Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.97-113

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00124.012

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15667&redirecttoanchor=18656

Chapter subject tags:Islamic art--EgyptArt, MamelukeIslamic illumination of books and manuscriptsIslamic decoration and ornamentIslamic decorative arts

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