Typology, Classification and Suggested Chronology of the Blue and White Potsherds in the Barkhar Area (North of the Esfahan)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor of Archaeological Research Institute, Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Tehran, Iran.

3 PhD student in Archaeology, Faculty of Restoration and Conservation, Isfahan University of Arts, Isfahan, Iran.

10.22080/jiar.2020.3094

Abstract

One of the most important findings in the excavated sites of the Islamic era are pottery. Among them, the blue and white pottery, due to their abundance, especially through the Islamic Middle Ages to the late Medieval, are very significant. Some researchers believe that the production of this type of pottery in Iran, had been a continuous trend from the third and fourth centuries AH till the late Islamic era and with the minimum changes in style. 
In many excavations of the Islamic sites, numerous wares of this type has been obtained. Notably, the Collection of Sheikh Safi Ardabili, Museum of Chehel Sotoon, Reza Abbasi Museum and the Museum of Glass and Ceramics in Tehran, hold a number of these wares.
Archaeological survey carried out in 2011 at Borkhar headed by Hajeiloo identified 136 ancient sites in which, among other types of pottery, the blue and white pottery shards were obtained. This article is allocated to epistemology, classification, chronology and analysis of this type of pottery in Borkhar region. Exclusively, we have studied 155 pieces of the blue and white porcelain of the Borkhar pottery database.
This research seeks to examine the typology, chronology, motifs, composition and color range of these wares, and also tries to locate and categorize the production centers.

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology studies
Volume 1, Issue 1
September 2020
Pages 157-175

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History

  • Receive Date: 16 February 2020
  • Revise Date: 23 March 0621
  • Accept Date: 08 July 2020

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