Fritware, also known as stone-paste, is a type of pottery in which frit (ground glass) is added to clay to reduce its fusion temperature. The mixture may...

craftsmen in the town began to manufacture high quality pottery with a fritware body painted with cobalt blue under a colourless transparent lead glaze...

causal. Lajvardina ceramics were usually made from a material known as fritware or stone paste. This is made by combining clay with crushed quartz fragments...

faience industries there were located "in close proximity" to one another. Fritware refers to a type of pottery which was first developed in the Near East...

years from 1150 saw great developments in Iranian ceramics. Firstly the fritware body and the glazes used on it were greatly improved, which allowed thinner...

to around the 8th century. Another contribution was the development of fritware, originating from 9th-century Iraq. Other centers for innovative ceramic...

Kashan, Iran, late 12th–13th century mina’i-fritware bowl. The scene in this bowl can be understood as depicting the enthroned (Second) Sulaymān with messengers...

utilitarian vessels were made. It is similar to later Islamic stonepaste (or "fritware") from the Middle East, although that generally includes more clay. Egyptian...

immediately visually apparent, but this is not always the case; for example fritware uses no or little clay, so falls outside these groups. Historic pottery...

Ghiyath ad-Din Mesud II (fourth time) 1303–1307 Shatranj chess set, glazed fritware, 12th-century Iran. New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Seljuk sarcophagus...

pottery, historic production in the Islamic world was all in earthenware or fritware, the latter having some of the properties of hard-paste porcelain. Europeans...

Iranian shatranj set, glazed fritware, 12th century Nishapur (New York Metropolitan Museum of Art)...

stone materials in the 4th millennium BC, and Ancient Egyptian faience (fritware rather than a clay-based material) was self-glazing, as the material naturally...

a bridge mill is from Córdoba, Spain in the 12th century. 13th century Fritware: It refers to a type of pottery which was first developed in the Near East...

Kashan, Iran, late 12th–13th century mina’i-fritware bowl. The scene in this bowl depicts the enthroned (Second) Sulaymān with messengers and advisors...

established, and Islamic attempts to imitate Chinese porcelain in their own fritware bodies had begun in the 12th century. These were less successful than those...

or lime. What distinguishes Islamic ceramic mediums, called stonepaste, fritware, or siliceous ware, is that the bonding material is sourced from a liquified...

Chess set (Shatrang); Gaming pieces. 12th century, Nishapur glazed fritware...

and vases. Other pottery on display included fritware dishes from Syria and a set of twelve fritware bowls made in 1860, each inscribed in Arabic with...

British Museum, gave its name to a category of similar blue and white fritware pottery known as 'Abraham of Kütahya ware'. It has an inscription in Armenian...

manufacture of vessels, not out of clay, but out of a silicon paste ("fritware"), while metalworkers began to encrust bronze with precious metals. Across...

Islamic lands during the medieval period". The ceramic body of white-ish fritware or stonepaste is fully decorated with detailed paintings using several...

origin for Kubachi ware. Kubachi ware is made of stonepaste (also known as fritware). The decoration varies; some have turquoise glazes with black figures...

area. It was, however, a centre for the production of highly decorated fritware vessels and what are known as İznik tiles during the 16th and 17th centuries...

the city of İznik was growing and began producing a new "blue-and-white" fritware which adapted and incorporated Chinese motifs in its decoration. The most...

of Iran's deep artistic heritage. Iranian chess (shatranj) set, glazed fritware, 12th century Nishapur. New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Craftsmanship...

Turkish (Ottoman) Carpets Gul Kilim Motifs Persian Turkish Prayer Pottery Fritware Hispano-Moresque Iznik Lustreware Mina'i ware Persian Chinese influence...

that would check the king if the king moves. Iranian shatranj set, glazed fritware, 12th century, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Persian manuscript from...

Haft Awrang by Jami. Safavid period, 1556-1565 Monochrome ceramic bottle. Fritware painted under glaze. Safavid Iran, 17th century Washington manuscript I...

Common uses include as components of a glaze or enamel, or for the body of fritware, when it usually mixed with larger quantities of quartz sand. (W) Fusion...