Process, step by step
- Biscuit-fire the formed body.
- Paint the design in metal-oxide pigments.
- Dip or pour the transparent glaze.
- Glost-fire to maturity.
Variations
Haft-rang overglaze work fires a broader palette at lower temperature; cuerda seca separates colours with a greasy resist line.
Conservation
Crazed glazes admit salts; wash only under specialist advice.
Used in these crafts
Haft-rang tilework
Square polychrome tiles painted with several overglaze colours and fired together, allowing large architectural schemes to be produced faster than cut tile mosaic.
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.