Technique

Ceramic overglaze enamelling

لعاب رویی

Ceramic overglaze enamelling is a working process used in minai-ware. Sequence and materials vary between workshops; this entry is an educational overview, not an authentication method.

Process, step by step

  1. Glaze and fire the ware
  2. Paint enamel over the glaze
  3. Fire again at lower heat

Variations

Mina’i ware is a historical ceramic category, not metal minakari.

Conservation

Do not wash flaking surface decoration.

Used in these crafts

Mina'i ware

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.