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Jug
- Accession Number:AKM555
- Place:Iran
- Dimensions:10.3 cm
- Date:1100s–1200s
- Materials and Technique:Fritware, lustre
The time-honoured theme of princely horsemanship is depicted in this Iranian lustreware jug. Riders and horses appear to gallop between checker board trees around the exterior of the jug. The ornately dressed riders, the arrangement of trees and plants with dotted stems are characteristic of the miniature style of Kashan lustreware, according to Oliver Watson (Watson 2004, p. 353). This style, with its attention to small details and direct painting on a white background, finds close parallels in manuscript illustration and has been related to the contemporary Warqa and Gulsha manuscript in the Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul (Melikian-Chirvani 1970). Bands of decorated kufic inscriptions are found along the uppermost exterior register of the jug.
References
Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands. London, 2004. ISBN: 9780500976340
Assadullah Souren Melikian- Chirvani, ‘Le roman de Varqé et Golsâh’, Arts Asiatiques XXII (1970): 1–262.
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