blue and white underglaze

Ingredients

ceramic, glaze

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

The designs were created using stencils or pierced drawings that could be used repeatedly on ceramic or other materials like textiles (p. 129). The panel consists of eighteen aligned rectangular glazed ceramic tiles (p. 128).

Evidence

"The featured calligraphic panel is composed of a total of eighteen aligned rectangular glazes ceramic tiles, whose production is associated with Kutahya in the 19th century."

Remarks

This entry describes a 'Blue on White' Calligraphic Wall Panel (AIA.0129.18.2001) associated with 19th-century Kutahya production (p. 128). The organization emulates the woven and embroidered Kiswa of the Kaaba (the sitara), and is almost identical to the 19th-century embroidered Kiswa currently in the Topkapi Museum (p. 128). The calligraphy includes Quranic verses (Allahu Nur Al Samawati wal Ard) set in pear-shaped medallions (p. 129).