Bidspirit auction | ABBASID GLAZED POTTERY BOWL

ABBASID GLAZED POTTERY BOWL - Iraq or Levant, Ca. 9th century AD. A ceramic bowl of hemispherical shape rising from an unglazed ring foot. The glazed interior is decorated with stylised motifs painted in brown and ochre. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond; Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire. Size: 71mm x 186mm ; Weight: 380g Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.