CraftPersia.comPersian Craft Archive
Search

Craft comparison

Under review

Lalejin pottery vs Lustreware (Zarrin-fam)

سفال لالجین · زرین‌فام

Lalejin pottery: A regional pottery tradition centred on the town of Lalejin near Hamadan, producing thrown and press-moulded glazed and unglazed earthenware, from utilitarian storage vessels to decorative tableware, in a large number of household workshops. Lustreware (Zarrin-fam): A ceramic decoration in which metallic oxides are painted onto a glazed surface and fired in a reducing kiln to produce a metallic sheen, associated especially with Kashan.

Side by side

Lalejin potteryLustreware (Zarrin-fam)
Persian nameسفال لالجینزرین‌فام
CategoryCeramics · Glazed and unglazed earthenwareCeramics · Lustre-painted ceramics
Materialsclayclay
Techniquespottery-wheel, underglaze-painting—
Regionshamadankashan
Periodsqajar, pahlavi, contemporaryseljuk, ilkhanid, safavid
Motifs—eslimi-arabesque
Current vitalityLiving traditionEndangered

What they share

  • Materials: clay

How to tell them apart

  • Lalejin pottery typically involves pottery-wheel, underglaze-painting.
  • The stated place of making is a useful clue, but never proof on its own.

Read more

Disclaimer

This comparison is educational and built from entries still under review. It cannot confirm what a particular object is.