The technique of lustreware on pottery was first developed in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in the early 9th century. Initially mostly decorated with geometric patterns, by the 10th century an Iraqi style with the design dominated by one or two large figures developed.

Who created lustreware?

Her work has appeared in scholarly publications such as Archaeology Online and Science. Lustreware (less commonly spelled lusterware) is a ceramic decorative technique invented by 9th century C.E. Abbasid potters of the Islamic Civilization, in what is today Iraq.

What makes lustreware unique?

Your charming tea set with its iridescence is what is commonly called Lustreware. After painting and decorating, the pieces are glazed with a transparent metallic finish and fired again to produce the illusion of luminescence. The Japanese Morimura brothers popularized it in the 1870s.