A scientific study of late Islamic blue‐white stonepaste wares of Iran

• DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12765
• Publication Date: 2022-02-26T10:18:11Z
• Authors: Yanying Ma; Zhimin Li; Liangren Zhang; Jingwei Wu; Yingfei Xiong; Ali Vahdati; Jiayang Zhang
• Keywords: White (mutation)

Abstract Blue‐white stonepaste wares were an outgrowth of the bursting innovations Near Eastern potters striving to imitate Chinese products during Islamic period. Building on results previous research, this paper seeks increase our knowledge type ceramics by analyzing 16 Qajar period samples from Tepe Naderi in North Khorasan Province, Iran, with stereo microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. It appears that bodies these are characterized high silicon alkali, a hallmark traditional Iranian stonepaste. They coated transparent alkali glazes colored chromogenic elements Cr, Co, Fe Mn derived chromite, hematite cobalt ferrite, latter which is decomposed phase cobaltite ore known Qamsar Iran. The provenance cannot be probed at present, however, due lack study contemporaneous East.