Raqqa ware: Difference between revisions
Add image, copyedit |
sections, reflist, Islamic art |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:Jar Met 56.185.15.jpg|thumb|An incomplete Raqqa ware jar, c. 1200, currently held at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]]] |
[[File:Jar Met 56.185.15.jpg|thumb|An incomplete Raqqa ware jar, c. 1200, currently held at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]]] |
||
'''Raqqa '''or '''Rakka''' '''ware''' is a style of [[ceramic]] pottery that was a mainstay of the economy of [[ar-Raqqah]] in northeastern [[Syria]] during the [[Ayyubid dynasty]]. The city experienced a resurgence during the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, but when it was sacked by the [[Mongols]] in 1259 and destroyed in 1265, manufacture of its ceramics virtually ceased.<ref>Jenkins-Madina, Marilyn (2006) ''Raqqa Revisited: Ceramics of Ayyubid Syria'' (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).</ref> |
'''Raqqa '''or '''Rakka''' '''ware''' is a style of [[ceramic]] pottery that was a mainstay of the economy of [[ar-Raqqah]] in northeastern [[Syria]] during the [[Ayyubid dynasty]]. The city experienced a resurgence during the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, but when it was sacked by the [[Mongols]] in 1259 and destroyed in 1265, manufacture of its ceramics virtually ceased.<ref>Jenkins-Madina, Marilyn (2006) ''Raqqa Revisited: Ceramics of Ayyubid Syria'' (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).</ref> |
||
==Ceramics== |
|||
Ar-Raqqah's ceramics were varied in character, but have been identified during the 20th century by on-site excavations that securely linked the highly sought-after surviving pieces to ar-Raqqah.<ref>[http://islamicceramics.ashmolean.org/Raqqa/characte.htm Ashmolean Museum: Characteristics of Raqqa lustre.]</ref> Over a heavily-potted body of coarse [[Islamic stone-paste|stone-paste]] often covered with a white [[Slip (ceramics)|slip]], monochrome and polychrome underglaze stains of copper (turquoise), cobalt (blue) or manganese (purplish-brown) were covered with a greenish clear glaze and fired. [[Lustreware]] was also developed at Raqqa, after the [[Fatimid]] collapse in Egypt (1171), which until then had been the only center of lustreware production.<ref>[http://islamicceramics.ashmolean.org/Raqqa/characte.htm Ashmolean Museum: the history of lustreware in Syria].</ref> |
Ar-Raqqah's ceramics were varied in character, but have been identified during the 20th century by on-site excavations that securely linked the highly sought-after surviving pieces to ar-Raqqah.<ref>[http://islamicceramics.ashmolean.org/Raqqa/characte.htm Ashmolean Museum: Characteristics of Raqqa lustre.]</ref> Over a heavily-potted body of coarse [[Islamic stone-paste|stone-paste]] often covered with a white [[Slip (ceramics)|slip]], monochrome and polychrome underglaze stains of copper (turquoise), cobalt (blue) or manganese (purplish-brown) were covered with a greenish clear glaze and fired. [[Lustreware]] was also developed at Raqqa, after the [[Fatimid]] collapse in Egypt (1171), which until then had been the only center of lustreware production.<ref>[http://islamicceramics.ashmolean.org/Raqqa/characte.htm Ashmolean Museum: the history of lustreware in Syria].</ref> |
||
==Collections== |
|||
Major collections are at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] and the [[Ashmolean Museum]]. |
Major collections are at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] and the [[Ashmolean Museum]]. |
||
==References== |
|||
{{reflist}} |
|||
{{Islamic art}} |
|||
== Notes == |
== Notes == |
||
Revision as of 09:20, 18 December 2015
Raqqa or Rakka ware is a style of ceramic pottery that was a mainstay of the economy of ar-Raqqah in northeastern Syria during the Ayyubid dynasty. The city experienced a resurgence during the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, but when it was sacked by the Mongols in 1259 and destroyed in 1265, manufacture of its ceramics virtually ceased.[1]
Ceramics
Ar-Raqqah's ceramics were varied in character, but have been identified during the 20th century by on-site excavations that securely linked the highly sought-after surviving pieces to ar-Raqqah.[2] Over a heavily-potted body of coarse stone-paste often covered with a white slip, monochrome and polychrome underglaze stains of copper (turquoise), cobalt (blue) or manganese (purplish-brown) were covered with a greenish clear glaze and fired. Lustreware was also developed at Raqqa, after the Fatimid collapse in Egypt (1171), which until then had been the only center of lustreware production.[3]
Collections
Major collections are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Ashmolean Museum.
References
- ^ Jenkins-Madina, Marilyn (2006) Raqqa Revisited: Ceramics of Ayyubid Syria (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
- ^ Ashmolean Museum: Characteristics of Raqqa lustre.
- ^ Ashmolean Museum: the history of lustreware in Syria.
| Architecture |
| .jpeg) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts |
| ||||||||||||
| Arts of the book |
| ||||||||||||
| Decoration |
| ||||||||||||
| The garden | |||||||||||||
| Museums, collections |
| ||||||||||||
| Exhibitions | |||||||||||||
| Principles, influences | |||||||||||||
Notes
.jpg){kind=small} | This ceramic art and design-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |