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Mina'i ware
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Mina'i ware is a type of Persian pottery, or Islamic pottery developed in Kashan, Iran, in the decades leading up to the Mongol invasion of Persia in 1219, after which production ceased. It has been described as "probably the most luxurious of all types of ceramic ware produced in the eastern Islamic lands during the medieval period". The ceramic body of white-ish fritware or stonepaste is fully decorated with detailed paintings using several colours, usually including figures.
Bowl with couple in a garden, around 1200. In this type of scene, the figures are rather larger than in other common subjects. Diameter 18.8 cm.
Side view of the same bowl
Side view of the same bowl
The earliest Mina'i bowl dated and signed by Abu Zayd al-Kashani in 1187 CE, just a few years before the fall of the Seljuk Empire in 1194. Iran.
The earliest Mina'i bowl dated and signed by Abu Zayd al-Kashani in 1187 CE, just a few years before the fall of the Seljuk Empire in 1194. Iran.
A Mina'i bowl, dated 1187 CE, a few years before the end of the Seljuk Empire in 1194. Scene of poetic recitation, with poetic verses inscribed on the
A Mina'i bowl, dated 1187 CE, a few years before the end of the Seljuk Empire in 1194. Scene of poetic recitation, with poetic verses inscribed on the rim: "If the beloved leaves me, what am I to do? If s/he does not see the wisdom of our union, what am I to do?". Kashan, Iran. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Islamic pottery
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Islamic pottery occupied a geographical position between Chinese ceramics, and the pottery of the Byzantine Empire and Europe. For most of the period, it made great aesthetic achievements and influence as well, influencing Byzantium and Europe. The use of drinking and eating vessels in gold and silver, the ideal in ancient Rome and Persia as well as medieval Christian societies, is prohibited by the Hadiths, with the result that pottery and glass were used for tableware by Muslim elites, as pottery also was in China but was much rarer in Europe and Byzantium. In the same way, Islamic restrictions greatly discouraged figurative wall painting, encouraging the architectural use of schemes of decorative and often geometrically patterned titles, which are the most distinctive and original speciality of Islamic ceramics.
Bowl of Reflections, early 13th century Iran. Brooklyn Museum.
Bowl of Reflections, early 13th century Iran. Brooklyn Museum.
Chief places named in connection with Islamic pottery.
Chief places named in connection with Islamic pottery.
Cup with stylized bouquet, 9th century, Iraq. Clay pottery, polychrome luster decoration on opacified glaze. Paris, Louvre Museum, OA 7479.
Cup with stylized bouquet, 9th century, Iraq. Clay pottery, polychrome luster decoration on opacified glaze. Paris, Louvre Museum, OA 7479.
Dish with epigraphic decoration. The Kufic inscription reads: "Magnanimity has first a bitter taste, but at the end it tastes sweeter than honey. Good
Dish with epigraphic decoration. The Kufic inscription reads: "Magnanimity has first a bitter taste, but at the end it tastes sweeter than honey. Good health [to the owner]." Terracotta, white slip ground and slip underglaze decoration, Nishapur, Khorasan (Iran), 11th–12th century.