Ceramic art: The Kashi Tiles of Sindh
by Muhammad Hussnain Sethi , Lei ShenFigurative and Symbolic designs are forbidden in Islam so artists started introducing abstract and geometrical patterned tiles to decorate Islamic architecture. This has now become the signature style…
A Magic Spell or a Ceramic Bowl: the Sassanid Crescent of Islamic and Changsha Ceramics
One of the strangest aspects of research is exploring magical rituals associated with ancient traditions. Archaeologists continually discover objects designed to invoke victory, including successful a…
The Twelve Immortals of Flowers in Chinese Ceramics
Produced from the Royal Kilns, a series of ceramic cups glaze-painted with the Immortals of Flowers (Figure 1) has gained in popularity since the early Qing Dynasty (1612-1912) partly due to the renew…
Pottery: A Tool for Cultural Preservation in Some Niger Delta Traditions
by Abamwa, Oghenekevwe ElizabethIndigenous art forms have become part and parcel of today’s cultural development. It is the symbolisation processes that were replete with physical qualities in traditional civilisation. These attribu…
Traditional Water Pot Installations and Functions in Parts of Igboland, Southeast Nigeria
Traditional pottery production in Igboland was women’s business just as it was in many other parts of Nigeria. It has been observed that Igbo women exhibited some high level of creativity both in the…
Reviving Traditional Production Techniques: Pottery Villages in Myanmar
Pottery has a long tradition in Myanmar (officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and also known as Burma) bordered by India and Bangladesh to its west, Thailand and Laos to its east and China…