Geometric Decoration
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Geometric Decoration in Ceramic Recipients
‘Geometric decoration was combined particularly well with kufic script that afforded a certain aesthetic value.’
Geometric decoration was combined particularly well with kufic script, whose angular, rectilinear calligraphic style with clear vertical and horizontal lines afforded it a certain aesthetic value. These features made it particularly suitable for decorating the body of ceramic recipients, in either horizontal bands or radial compositions.
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Ataifor (bowl)
Hegira 324–66 / AD 936–76 Umayyads of al-Andalus, Caliphate period
National Archaeological Museum
Madrid, Spain
In addition to its aesthetic value, the script has a religious value as the vehicle for the word of God and the verses of the Qur'an, as is evident from the inscriptions that decorate these pieces: 'al-mulk' ('sovereignty') and 'al-yumn' ('prosperity'), which refer to Allah.
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