Origin
Local beds near Kashan, Meybod, Hamadan and Lalejin.
Properties
- Plastic when wet
- Frit bodies fire whiter
- Supports thin glazes
- Low fired strength
Preparation
Weathered, levigated, wedged, then thrown or pressed and biscuit-fired.
Care & preservation
Support weight fully when handling; glaze crazing traps soluble salts.
General guidance only. For valuable or fragile pieces, consult a qualified conservator before cleaning or treatment.
Used in these crafts
Square polychrome tiles painted with several overglaze colours and fired together, allowing large architectural schemes to be produced faster than cut tile mosaic.
A technique of architectural revetment in which monochrome glazed tiles are cut into small individual pieces to a template and set together, glaze face down, into a mortar bed to form complex polychrome patterns and inscriptions.
A historic overglaze-enamelled stonepaste ware produced mainly in Iran during the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, decorated with figural and courtly scenes painted in multiple colours applied after glazing and fixed by a low second firing.
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.