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.

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	Lalejin pottery	Lustreware (Zarrin-fam)
Persian name	سفال لالجین	زرین‌فام
Category	Ceramics · Glazed and unglazed earthenware	Ceramics · Lustre-painted ceramics
Materials	clay	clay
Techniques	pottery-wheel, underglaze-painting	—
Regions	hamadan	kashan
Periods	qajar, pahlavi, contemporary	seljuk, ilkhanid, safavid
Motifs	—	eslimi-arabesque
Current vitality	Living tradition	Endangered

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.

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

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