单词 | rhages |
释义 | Rhagesn. attributive. Designating an ancient type of pottery characterized esp. by polychrome or lustre decoration, made in the Iranian city of Rhages (now Ray) from the 11th to the 13th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > Persian or Asian Martaban1598 Rhodian1858 Rhages1909 Isnik1932 1909 Mus. Fine Arts Bull. 7 54/2 A recent accession of special note is a large Rhages lustre bowl of the twelfth to the fourteenth century. 1925 B. Rackham tr. E. Hannover Pottery & Porcelain I. ii. 65 The greatest possible caution is..required in the case of the most expensive of all the Rhages wares, those with a wealth of figures and colours in the decoration. 1935 A. Christie Death in Clouds xi. 117 There was a good deal of Rhages ware and other Persian pottery. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 371/2 The designs on this Rhages enamelled ware are pencilled with miniature-like fineness recalling..the beautiful workmanship in the manuscript illuminations of the early 13th century. 1974 G. Savage & H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 240 Rayy (Rhages) ware, a type of Persian pottery made at Rayy, near Teheran, c. 1037–1256... Many pieces have a blue ground, and the backs of some dishes have a deep-blue glaze. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1909 |
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