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[[File:Mehrab 3, Collections of Astan Quds Razavi Museum.jpg|thumb|[[Lustreware|Luster]] [[mihrab]] from the tomb of [[Ali al-Rida|Imam Reza]] (see [[Imam Reza shrine]]), dated 612 [[Hijri year|AH]] (1215-1216 CE). [[Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum|Astan Quds Razavi Museum]].]]

'''Abū Zayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Zayd''' ({{Floruit|{{circa|1186–1219}}}} in [[Kashan]]), commonly referred to as '''Abu Zayd''' or '''Abu Zayd Kashani''', is the most famous potter of medieval Iran, who worked in the two most expensive overglaze techniques, enamel ([[Mina'i ware|mina'i]]) and luster, and left behind the greatest number of signed works{{sfn|Blair|2008|pp=155}}.

At least 15 tiles and vessels signed by Abu Zayd are known<ref name="Grove">{{Cite web |url =https://doi-org.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T000296 | title = Abu Zayd [Abū Zayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Zayd] |author= | website = [[Grove Art Online]] | year = 2003 | doi = 10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T000296 |language = en}}</ref>, dated from 26 march 1186 to 1219. The earliest known work by Abu Zayd is an enameled bowl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (see illustration){{sfn|Blair|2008|pp=155}}, one of the first examples of [[mina'i ware]], so the group has been assigned to him<ref name="Enamel">{{Cite web |url =https://doi-org.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T041771 | title = Islamic art V. Ceramics. (e) Enamelled wares. |author= Sheila R. Canby| website = [[Grove Art Online]] | year = 2003 | doi = 10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T041771 |language = en}}</ref>. Still, he is best known for his [[lustreware]]s<ref name="Grove"/>. As [[Oliver Watson]] has pointed out, enameled bowl from 1186 is too accomplished to have been a first work, and Abu Zayd must have made earlier objects that we do not know about. Watson discerned the three styles of painting used to decorate [[Kashan]] lustreware - "monumental", most indebted to works produced earlier in Egypt and Syria, "miniature" and "Kashan". Enameled bowl from 1186 is in miniature style, clearly inspired by book painting. It seems that Abu Zayd was a key figure in the development of the miniature style in 1180s, as he was responsible for a group of enameled bowls dated 1186 and 1187 (see liiustrations), as well as a fragmentary luster vase dated 1191{{sfn|Blair|2008|pp=156-157}}.

At least 15 tiles and vessels signed by Abu Zayd are known, more signed works than are known for any other medieval Iranian potter.

He came from [[Kashan]], which was a city in the northern part of Isfahan in Iran, first under the [[Seljuq Empire]], then from 1194 under the [[Khwarizmian Empire]]. As such, his works represented the [[Turco-Persian]] culture of the time. As a very aggressive potter, who was highly skilled, he was able to work on 15 or more masterpieces,<ref>Blair lists 31</ref> and his collection is larger than that of any other medieval Iranian potter.<ref>[http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T000296 "Abu Zayd."] In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed February 5, 2012; subscription required).</ref> The collection includes both luxury items and artifacts at the time, and other artistic items: [[lustreware]] and [[mina'i ware]]. He also wrote poetry, some of which was inscribed on his pottery.<ref>[http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/140009122 Bowl by Abu Zayd] in the collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]</ref>

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Bowl with a Majlis Scene by a Pond MET DP371760.jpg|[[Mina'i ware|Mina'i]] bowl dated 4 [[Muharram]] 582 (27 march 1186)<ref>{{cite web |title=Metropolitan Museum of Art |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451752 |website=www.metmuseum.org}}.</ref> [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].

Islamic Gallery, British Museum 185.JPG|Mina'i bowl dated Muharram 583 (27March-April march 11861187). [[British Museum]].

Iran, kashan, grande bacile lustrato, 1191.jpg|Large [[Lustreware|luster]] bowl dated [[Safar]] 587 (February-March 1191). [[Art Institute of Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Large Luster Bowl |url=https://www.artic.edu/artworks/34351/large-luster-bowl |date=1186–1196}}</ref>

Plate by Shamsuddin al-Hasani Abu Zayd, Iran, December 1210 AD (dated AH Jumada II 607), composite body painted over glaze with luster - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04647.jpg|Luster scalloped plate dated [[Jumada II]] 607 (December 1210). [[Freer Gallery of Art]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blair |first1=Sheila S. |title=Muqarnas, Volume 25 |chapter=A Brief Biography Of Abu Zayd |date=1 January 2008 |page=158 |doi=10.1163/ej.9789004173279.i-396.37 |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004173279.i-396.37 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004173279 |language=en}}</ref>

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== References ==

{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==

* {{Cite journal|last=Blair|first=Sheila S.|author-link=Sheila Blair|date=2008|title=A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF ABU ZAYD |journal=[[Muqarnas]]|volume=25|issue= |pages=155-176|doi=|jstor=27811118}}

==Further reading==