mina’i ware

(Persian: مینایی , “enamelled”). A style of pottery decoration invented in the late 12th century in the Kashan region of Iran. In mina’i ware decoration some colors are painted under the glaze, some over the glaze. Video here.

86.227.61_interior_759-wideMina’i Ware Bowl with Enthronement Scene. Late 12th-early 13th c. Brooklyn Museum.