Kashan Lustre Jar - LK.002, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1200 AD to 1300 AD, Dimensions: 6.2" (15.7cm) high x 4.7" (11.9cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Kashan, Medium: Fritware, Lustre, having been first used on glazed pottery in ninth century Iraq, became very popular in the tenth-twelfth centuries in Fatimid Egypt, and then reached new heights in Seljuk Iran round about the 13th century, before the Mongol invasions. The centre of the Persian luster industry was Kashan. During this period, Muslim potters developed a new and finer material than clay, “fritt”, consisting of about ten parts crushed quartz, one part white clay and one part glass frit made by melting crushed quarts and potash and crushing the substance again.

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