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Glazed plate decorated with human figure

Gara Ahmadov, 1960XI-XII centuries

National History Museum of Azerbaijan

National History Museum of Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan

The plate gives full idea about the level of professional skills of Azerbaijani potters in making artistic pottery products, as well as the traditions and religious-philosophical outlook of their era in the Middle Ages. The color of the glazed plate made in a potter`s wheel is orange, decorated by using green and brown paints. At the center, en face two men stood face-to-face with a rose water flask in their hands, wearing a trapezium-shaped hat and Caucasian chocka with wide bottom, black boots with broad strip on their feet are portraid. You can say that both men are noble. There is something written on the lower part with Arabic alphabet. This kind of crockery was also used as decorations in the house interior.

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  • Title: Glazed plate decorated with human figure
  • Creator: Gara Ahmadov, 1960
  • Date Created: XI-XII centuries
  • Location: Azerbaijan, Beylagan
  • Physical Dimensions: Gob -31 cm; base -9.8 cm; height- 8 cm;
  • Medium: Forming in potter's wheel, baking, angoblama, painting, enameling, baking, ceramics.
National History Museum of Azerbaijan

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