Fine ware pottery of the khwarazmshah period (12th — early 13th centuries)
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Язык: английский
Аннотация
The vigorous growth of the pottery industry during the Khwarazmshah period is evidenced by the remains of pottery kilns discovered in the towns and rural settlements in the region dating to the 12th-13th centuries. At the Khwarazm sites of the period under consideration, glazed pottery items are noted for their significant size,high quality craftmanship, and significant number of imported pottery finds. The glazed pottery items are very diverse in their shape, size, purpose, decoration, and quality of glaze. They are distinguished by their compact
typological categories with a consistent set of characteristic features. These glazed vessels were richly decorated.All the varieties of decorative motifs used in the various types of glazed pottery vessels are subdivided into the major groups: floral-geometric, epigraphic, zoomorphic, and anthropomorphic. These glazed vessels demonstrate that during the Khwarazmshah period, the school of pottery of the southern Cis-Aral Sea region
was enjoying a boom, in effect, on the way to its most significant height. For the glazing of the earthenware and Kāshān ware products, transparent lead and potash-based glazing were predominately utilized along with an occasional thick, tin glazing. In addition to transparent glaze, colored glazes of green, yellow, and turquoise were used. The innovation of this period involved the introduction of turquoise-colored glaze. The principles of compositional art pattern constructs were mainly centric, radial, and concentric.