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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Repeat Motif

This is a bowl from 13th century Iran. It was made from fritware, a type of clay made used Near East. Fritware is made by adding frit to regular clay in order to lower to firing temperature. I think that the repeat motif in this pot is the horsemen. It appears that there are large headed men riding horses in a circular pattern in two rings. It also has a design on the outer ring which is a repeat motif, a leaf-like design that is made probably with glazing. I think that the horsemen were also slip painted on, because it's a very precise design.

-Maxen Chung

1 comment:

  1. The intricate details on this one are amazing. I can imagine that there is a story behind these figures. Perhaps it is painted on with slips, because it is so precise. If you were creating a repeat figure, what would you choose?

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