Bowl with Horse and Rider

Unknown artist

late 12th–early 13th century

fritware, painted in lustre on an opaque white glaze

Aga Khan Museum

A wide, shallow fritware bowl decorated with painted lustre on an opaque white glaze. The interior features a central face and surrounding motifs, while the exterior displays geometric patterns and stylized figures. Bowl with Horse and Rider Accession Number: AKM693 Place: Iran Dimensions: 9.2 x 21.6 cm Date: late 12th–early 13th century Materials and Technique: fritware, painted in lustre on an opaque white glaze In the Aga Khan Museum Collection is a set of ceramics representing the wide spectrum of lustre-glazed vessels from the Islamic world. Producing the glaze required knowledge of special formulas and access to scarce materials; firing it required mastery of a particular sequence of firings at certain temperatures and levels of oxygen. For these reasons, we can trace the movement of this highly specialized technique from one area to the