Study Guides: Past Exam Questions on Saljuq Ceramics

Dynasty/ Period/Region	Media	Question	Year	Course	Paper
Saljuq	Ceramics	The ceramics industries of Kashan are remarkable for the range of signed and dated objects. What does this evidence tell us?	2000	BA	II
Saljuq	Ceramics	EITHER: What is the evidence for a diaspora of potters from Egypt in the C12^th? OR: Discuss the different phases of the Kashan ceramic industry in the late C12^th and C13^th?	1999	M.St. / M.Phil.	II
Saljuq	Ceramics	Discuss the evidence for Kashan as the ceramic centre of Iran between AD 1150 and 1350.	1999	BA	II
Saljuq	Ceramics	Give a brief history of the ceramic industry in Kashan, and outline areas for future research.	1998	BA	I
Saljuq	Ceramics	Does the theory of a diaspora of potters adequately explain the changes in the ceramic industries of Egypt, Syria and/or Iran in the second half of the C12^th and early C13^th?	1997	BA	II
Saljuq	Ceramics	How can one explain the sudden rise of the Kashan ceramic industry?	1996		II
Saljuq	Ceramics	What do Kashan and/or Raqqa ceramics of the late C12^th and C13^th tell us about either the tastes of the market or the interests of the artists or both?	1995	M.St.	II
Saljuq	Ceramics	How valid is the generalisation that ceramic production in Iran, from the mid C12^th to mid C13^th, shows a tendency to decline from a high standard of technical mastery towards debased mass production.	1994	M.St.	II
Saljuq	Ceramics	What impact did the Mongol invasion have on the ceramic industry of Kashan?	1993	M.Phil.	MAG
Saljuq	Metalwork/ Ceramics	Discuss the role of either Mosul or Kashan in the arts of the late C12^th and early C13^th.	1992	M.Phil.	REG
Saljuq	Ceramics	What significance do the sgraffito wares of mediaeval Iran have for art historians?	1991	M.Phil.	REG
Saljuq	Ceramics	Discuss the technological developments which affected Near Eastern Ceramics in the C12^th and C13^th, and briefly assess their influence.	1990	M.Phil.	REG
Saljuq	Ceramics	Raqqa pottery plays an intermediate role between Fatimid pottery and the ceramics of Kashan. Discuss.	1989	M.Phil.	REG
Saljuq	Ceramics	How major was the debt owed by Iranian ceramics to Chinese porcelain in the C12^th and C13^th?	1989	M.Phil.	REG
Saljuq	Ceramics	“Saljuq ceramics from Kashan were highly innovative”. Do you agree, and if so, why?	1988	M.Phil.	REG
Post-Saljuq	Ceramics	What is the evidence for Kashan as a centre for the production of luxury glazed ceramics in the C12^th-C14^th?	1986	M.Phil.	M+C
Saljuq/ Ilkhanid	Ceramics	Discuss the evidence for Rayy, Kashan and Gurgan as centres of lustre production between 1150 and 1350 AD.	1984	M.Phil.	M+C
Saljuq/ Ilkhanid	Ceramics	“Kashan was the ceramic centre of Iran between 1170 and 1350 AD”. On what evidence is this statement based and in what did the “Kashan style” consist?	1981	M.Phil.	M+C