Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Ashmolean − Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Room 31 | Islamic Middle East gallery

Explore artefacts made over a period of more than 1000 years in the heart of the Islamic world.

Islamic Middle East gallery

Unglazed to glazed

Unglazed pottery had been extensively made everywhere in the Middle East before the Islamic conquests. In early Islamic times there was a boost in production of all types of wares, from coarse unglazed storage- and cooking-wares to finely decorated tableware.

The main kind of glazed ceramics made in the Middle East immediately prior to the Islamic period were green-blue glazed domestic, storage and transport wares, which continued to be made in the following centuries. However, by the AD 800s glazed wares proliferated over the entire Islamic world showing considerable variety and invention in decoration and technology.

Fragment of a jug with vegetal decoration (EA1932.1084) Fragment of a jug with vegetal decoration (EA1932.1084)   Ewer with winged creatures (EA1978.2240) Ewer with winged creatures (EA1978.2240)   Water jar with geometric and calligraphic decoration (EA1978.2244) Water jar with geometric and calligraphic decoration (EA1978.2244)
Fragment of a handle (EAP.17298) Fragment of a handle (EAP.17298)   Fragment of a jug with human figure in a roundel (EA1932.999.d) Fragment of a jug with human figure in a roundel (EA1932.999.d)   Water jug with traces of a filter inside the neck (EA1974.34) Water jug with traces of a filter inside the neck (EA1974.34)
Jug with rosette filter inside the neck (EAX.1787) Jug with rosette filter inside the neck (EAX.1787)   Fragment of a vase (EA1932.1086.a) Fragment of a vase (EA1932.1086.a)   Water jug with geometric decoration (EA1991.130) Water jug with geometric decoration (EA1991.130)   Filter from a water jug (EA1959.33.1) Filter from a water jug (EA1959.33.1)
Jug with frieze of finger indents (EA1932.1082) Jug with frieze of finger indents (EA1932.1082)   Fragment of a jug (EA1932.1080) Fragment of a jug (EA1932.1080)   Fragment of a jug with frieze of horses (EA1932.999.c) Fragment of a jug with frieze of horses (EA1932.999.c)
Ewer with paired birds (EA1978.121) Ewer with paired birds (EA1978.121)   Jar with animal and vegetal decoration (EA1991.131) Jar with animal and vegetal decoration (EA1991.131)   Filter from a water jug (EAP.2687) Filter from a water jug (EAP.2687)
Jug with floral and geometric decoration (EA1978.2242) Jug with floral and geometric decoration (EA1978.2242)   Dish with polychrome glazing (EA1974.48) Dish with polychrome glazing (EA1974.48)   Storage jar with iridescent glaze (EA1974.12) Storage jar with iridescent glaze (EA1974.12)   Three-footed bowl (EA1966.222) Three-footed bowl (EA1966.222)
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