Nishapur Plate
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Grande coppa | Large bowl |
Categoria: Contenitori e recipienti | Category: Boxes & Enclosures |
Inventario: 2629/3258 | Inventory: 2629/3258 |
Materia e tecnica: terracotta; invetriatura | Material and technique: terracotta; glazing |
Datazione: X sec. - prima metà XI sec.; periodo samanide | Dating: 10th century - First half of the 11th century; Samanid period |
Provenienza: Prodotto in Iran nord-orientale (Nishapur) | Origin: Made in northeastern Iran (Nishapur) |
Dimensioni: Altezza 10 cm; diametro superiore 36.5 cm | Dimensions: Height 10 cm; diameter greater than 36.5 cm |
Descrizione breve
Sulla parete della coppa, attorno a un disco centrale con un volatile, si dispone un corteo di cavalieri e ghepardi alternati a personaggi con scudi. Questa ceramica, nota come “camoscio figurata”, sembra fosse prodotta solamente a Nishapur; sulla superficie color camoscio i motivi decorativi sono dipinti con argille liquide sotto invetriatura piombifera. Gli ornati richiamano in genere la vita di corte: suonatori, bevitori, cacciatori su un fondo fittamente decorato con rosette, pseudo iscrizioni e elementi di riempitivo. L’origine di questi temi può essere ricercata nella tradizione antico iranica o nel folklore centro-asiatico.
Short Description
On the wall of the bowl around a central disc with a bird, you have a procession of horsemen and cheetahs alternating with characters with shields. This pottery, known as "figured buff," seems to have been produced only at Nishapur; on the buff coloured surface decorative motifs are painted with liquid clay under plumbiferous glaze. The ornamentation recalls in general the life of the court: players, drinkers, hunters on a base thickly decorated with rosettes, pseudo inscriptions and elements of filler. The origin of these themes can be found in the ancient Iranian tradition or folklore in Central Asia.
Referenced on p.18 MAA - 125 - The Armies of Islam 7th-11th Centuries by David Nicolle & Angus McBride
10th century pottery excavated at Nishapur, Khurasan often portrays armoured warriors, probably from the Samanid army. Most, though not all, are mounted. Here a footsoldier with two javelins and a large shield follows a horseman wearing a short lamellar cuirass over a mail hauberk. (Museum of Oriental Art, no. 2629/3258, Rome)
The cavalryman is referenced as figure 346 in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
346. Ceramic plate, 10th century AD, Kurāsānī, Museum of Oriental Art no. 2629/3258, Rome.
The infantryman is referenced as figure 353 in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
353. Ceramic plate, 10th century AD, Kurāsānī, Museum of Oriental Art, Rome.