{"product_id":"andalusian-lustreware-ceramic-vase-hand-painted-arabesque-on-ivory-burnt-sienna-ground","title":"Andalusian Lustreware Ceramic Vase — Hand-Painted Arabesque on Ivory \u0026 Burnt Sienna Ground","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vessel of genuine antiquarian significance, worked in the lustreware tradition that flourished across the medieval Islamic world and reached its apogee in the ceramics of Andalusia — a technique of extraordinary difficulty in which metallic oxides are fired onto a tin-glazed ground in a reduction atmosphere, producing the characteristic warm copper-sienna lustre that no other ceramic process can replicate. The result is a surface that seems lit from within, shifting between terracotta, burnished copper, and deep auburn as the light moves across it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe form is classical and assured: a globular body set on a raised circular foot, rising through a narrow waist flanked by two small moulded handles terminating in trefoil forms, to a wide flared rim finished in plain ivory glaze — a deliberate restraint at the opening that frames the richness below. The entire surface is covered in fine hand-painted arabesque — scrolling vine tendrils, geometric cartouches, and interlacing foliate forms drawn with the fluency of a tradition mastered over generations. A central medallion on the body bears a geometric pendant motif of particular refinement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA piece of this technique and condition belongs in a collection, not merely in a room. It is an object with a history — made by a hand trained in one of the great decorative traditions of the Mediterranean world, and deserving of a place that acknowledges what it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiameter: 20 cm Height: 34 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a singular antique piece; once sold, it will not be replicated.\u003cbr\u003eContact us to enquire about this piece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Al Maleh House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43626505109617,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"MAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/2235\/2497\/files\/Firefly_GeminiFlash_Removethebackgroundfromthisproductphoto.ThepieceisanAndalusianlustreware512354.png?v=1783601924","url":"https:\/\/almalehhouse.com\/products\/andalusian-lustreware-ceramic-vase-hand-painted-arabesque-on-ivory-burnt-sienna-ground","provider":"Al Maleh House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}