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This article is in Russian
The article contains data about three Qashan bowls excavated in Golden Horde city of Azak. These bowls are characterized by good preservation and are dated by the second half of the fourteenth century. Among them: luster painted bowl, cobalt-blue painted bowl, bowl with a rice-grain-like decoration and cobalt blue painting. Vessels contain ornaments created by Iranian potters, with the influence of Chinese textile and toreutics. Pottery, produced in Iran with the same technology of decoration is known among the materials of several Golden Horde and foreign cities. Luster painted bowls are the first example of such a kind of pottery that originates from a complex dated by the 2nd half of the 14th century. Cobalt-blue painted bowl, bowl with rice-grainlike decoration and cobalt blue painting is the most well-preserved sample of such bowls, ever excavated in Azak.

Keywords: Golden Horde, Azak, 14th century, Iran, Qashan pottery, lustre-ware, cobalt blue painting, floral and geometrical ornament, rice-grain-like decoration

Information about author:

Nikita Iudin (Azov, Russian Federation)v. Azov History, Archaeology and Palaeontology Museum-Reserve. Moskovskaya St., 38/40, Azov, 346780, Russian Federation
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