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WHERE DID THE LUSTRE TILES OF THE SIDI OQBA MOSQUE ( ad 836–63) IN KAIROUAN COME FROM? *
Author(s) -
Bobin O.,
Schvoerer M.,
Ney C.,
Rammah M.,
Daoulatli A.,
Pannequin B.,
Gayraud R. P.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1475-4754.2003.00117.x
Subject(s) - lustre (file system) , mesopotamia , pottery , tile , ornaments , art , visual arts , archaeology , geography , computer science , file system , operating system , style (visual arts)
Metallic lustre decoration of glazed ceramics is a very special kind of ornament, because its colours change with the observational conditions. In diffused light, they can be green, brown or ochre–yellow. In specular reflection, they show an associated coloured metallic shine (blue, golden‐yellow or orange). The lustre tiles at the Sidi Oqba Mosque in Kairouan still have no defined origin (possibly Kairouan and/or Mesopotamia). Physicochemical analyses of eight Kairouan lustre tile samples and four Mesopotamian lustre pottery samples show that the Kairouan tiles probably came from Mesopotamia, from a major production centre, possibly Baghdad, Samarra or Basra.