Revisiting the beginnings of tin-opacified Islamic glazes

The generally accepted theory is that the demand for Islamic glazed pottery started in Abbasid Iraq in the 9th century AD with the production of a range of glazed wares in response to the import of Chinese stonewares and porcelains. However, Oliver Watson has recently proposed that the demand for Is...

ver descrição completa

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Tite, Michael S., Watson, Oliver, Pradell Cara, Trinitat|||0000-0002-8720-5492, Matin, Moujan, Molina Giralt, Glòria, Domoney, Kelly, Bouquillon, Anne
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/80301
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/80301
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.005
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Glazes
Lead-antimony alloys
Opaque yellow glazes
Opaque glass
Lead stannate
Lead antimonate
Islamic
Abbasid
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Technological transfer
SEM
Hand-held XRF
PIXE
TECHNOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
POTTERY
LUSTER
GLASS
OPACIFICATION
ANTIQUITY
EUROPE
Esmalts
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
id ES_a59a2de4df6e8ad5f9a6bf0902154b48
oai_identifier_str oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/80301
network_acronym_str ES
network_name_str España
repository_id_str
spelling Revisiting the beginnings of tin-opacified Islamic glazesTite, Michael S.Watson, OliverPradell Cara, Trinitat|||0000-0002-8720-5492Matin, MoujanMolina Giralt, GlòriaDomoney, KellyBouquillon, AnneGlazesLead-antimony alloysOpaque yellow glazesOpaque glassLead stannateLead antimonateIslamicAbbasidEgyptSyriaIraqTechnological transferSEMHand-held XRFPIXETECHNOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONPOTTERYLUSTERGLASSOPACIFICATIONANTIQUITYEUROPEEsmaltsÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materialsThe generally accepted theory is that the demand for Islamic glazed pottery started in Abbasid Iraq in the 9th century AD with the production of a range of glazed wares in response to the import of Chinese stonewares and porcelains. However, Oliver Watson has recently proposed that the demand for Islamic glazed pottery first occurred in Egypt and Syria in the 8th century AD resulting in the production of opaque yellow decorated wares. Using a combination of SEM analysis of polished cross-sections, and surface analysis using hand-held XRF or PIXE, Coptic Glazed Ware from Egypt, Yellow Glazed Ware from Syria, and comparable wares from Samarra, Kish and Susa have been analysed. The analyses show that the opaque yellow decoration was the result of lead stannate particles in a high lead glaze, which it is suggested was produced using a lead-silica-tin mixture. The use of lead stannate in the production of yellow opaque glazes is explained in terms of technological transfer from contemporary Islamic glassmakers who continued the Byzantine tradition of glassmaking. It is further argued that the introduction of opaque yellow glazed pottery into Mesopotamia could have provided the social context for the sudden emergence of tin-opacified white glazed pottery in Abbasid Iraq in the 9th century AD. However, in view of the very different glaze compositions employed for the yellow and white opaque glazes, it seems probable that the white tin-opacified glazes used for Abbasid cobalt blue and lustre decorated wares represent a separate but parallel technological tradition with its origins in the production of Islamic opaque white glass. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Peer Reviewed20152015-05-0120152015-12-09journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/80301https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.005reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/803012026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Revisiting the beginnings of tin-opacified Islamic glazes
title Revisiting the beginnings of tin-opacified Islamic glazes
spellingShingle Revisiting the beginnings of tin-opacified Islamic glazes
Tite, Michael S.
Glazes
Lead-antimony alloys
Opaque yellow glazes
Opaque glass
Lead stannate
Lead antimonate
Islamic
Abbasid
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Technological transfer
SEM
Hand-held XRF
PIXE
TECHNOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
POTTERY
LUSTER
GLASS
OPACIFICATION
ANTIQUITY
EUROPE
Esmalts
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
title_short Revisiting the beginnings of tin-opacified Islamic glazes
title_full Revisiting the beginnings of tin-opacified Islamic glazes
title_fullStr Revisiting the beginnings of tin-opacified Islamic glazes
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting the beginnings of tin-opacified Islamic glazes
title_sort Revisiting the beginnings of tin-opacified Islamic glazes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tite, Michael S.
Watson, Oliver
Pradell Cara, Trinitat|||0000-0002-8720-5492
Matin, Moujan
Molina Giralt, Glòria
Domoney, Kelly
Bouquillon, Anne
author Tite, Michael S.
author_facet Tite, Michael S.
Watson, Oliver
Pradell Cara, Trinitat|||0000-0002-8720-5492
Matin, Moujan
Molina Giralt, Glòria
Domoney, Kelly
Bouquillon, Anne
author_role author
author2 Watson, Oliver
Pradell Cara, Trinitat|||0000-0002-8720-5492
Matin, Moujan
Molina Giralt, Glòria
Domoney, Kelly
Bouquillon, Anne
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Glazes
Lead-antimony alloys
Opaque yellow glazes
Opaque glass
Lead stannate
Lead antimonate
Islamic
Abbasid
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Technological transfer
SEM
Hand-held XRF
PIXE
TECHNOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
POTTERY
LUSTER
GLASS
OPACIFICATION
ANTIQUITY
EUROPE
Esmalts
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
topic Glazes
Lead-antimony alloys
Opaque yellow glazes
Opaque glass
Lead stannate
Lead antimonate
Islamic
Abbasid
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Technological transfer
SEM
Hand-held XRF
PIXE
TECHNOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
POTTERY
LUSTER
GLASS
OPACIFICATION
ANTIQUITY
EUROPE
Esmalts
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
description The generally accepted theory is that the demand for Islamic glazed pottery started in Abbasid Iraq in the 9th century AD with the production of a range of glazed wares in response to the import of Chinese stonewares and porcelains. However, Oliver Watson has recently proposed that the demand for Islamic glazed pottery first occurred in Egypt and Syria in the 8th century AD resulting in the production of opaque yellow decorated wares. Using a combination of SEM analysis of polished cross-sections, and surface analysis using hand-held XRF or PIXE, Coptic Glazed Ware from Egypt, Yellow Glazed Ware from Syria, and comparable wares from Samarra, Kish and Susa have been analysed. The analyses show that the opaque yellow decoration was the result of lead stannate particles in a high lead glaze, which it is suggested was produced using a lead-silica-tin mixture. The use of lead stannate in the production of yellow opaque glazes is explained in terms of technological transfer from contemporary Islamic glassmakers who continued the Byzantine tradition of glassmaking. It is further argued that the introduction of opaque yellow glazed pottery into Mesopotamia could have provided the social context for the sudden emergence of tin-opacified white glazed pottery in Abbasid Iraq in the 9th century AD. However, in view of the very different glaze compositions employed for the yellow and white opaque glazes, it seems probable that the white tin-opacified glazes used for Abbasid cobalt blue and lustre decorated wares represent a separate but parallel technological tradition with its origins in the production of Islamic opaque white glass. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
publishDate 2015
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2015
2015-05-01
2015
2015-12-09
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv journal article
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
VoR
http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
dc.type.openaire.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
format article
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv https://hdl.handle.net/2117/80301
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.005
url https://hdl.handle.net/2117/80301
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.005
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv Inglés
eng
language_invalid_str_mv Inglés
language eng
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv open access
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.rights.openaire.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
rights_invalid_str_mv open access
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
instname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
instname_str Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
reponame_str UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
collection UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
repository.name.fl_str_mv
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1869415628769591296
score 15.301629

Registos relacionados