Shine Like the Sun

Supplement 1: "Medallion" or "Sari" wares



Plate A. "Medallion" or "Sari" ware: red clay body, white overall slip, slip-painted with iron-rich red, manganese-rich black, copper-rich green, and chromium-rich olive-green slip-paints, white clay slip-paint (dots), splash-painted with manganese oxide pigment, overall colourless lead glaze (Soustiel 1985 pl 36, from a private collection in Paris).

Plate B. "Medallion" or "Sari" ware: red clay body, white overall slip, slip-painted with iron-rich red, manganese-rich black, and chromium-rich olive-green slip-paints, white clay slip-paint (dots), splash-painted with manganese oxide pigment, overall colourless lead glaze. From Charles Wilkinson, 1963, Iranian Ceramics, Asia House distributed by Abrams, New York: plate 30; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.


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