Around five hundred objects made of moulded Egyptian blue paste have been identified in the Penn Museum's collections from Hasanlu and Dinkha Tepe, two Iron Age II sites in northwestern Iran.
Interesting that blue should be found from that period in Iranian history, as the colour is so well-associated with porcelain ware from a later period in the country's cultural repertoire.
Even up until the early 19th century, blue paint and anything blue pigmented was rare, difficult to make, and hard to come by. If you saw the color blue, especially extensively anywhere, it was associated with wealth. Even on the Royal Navy, sailing ships of the Napoleonic era, if you saw a ship that had blue-painted decorations on it, that was an indicator that either the captain of that ship or the admiral that was using it as his flagship had money that other ship captains didn’t have and could afford to have his ship painted with blue decorations.
Interesting that blue should be found from that period in Iranian history, as the colour is so well-associated with porcelain ware from a later period in the country's cultural repertoire.
So interesting, thank you.
Blue is always a complicated colour, in plants too, not so many blue flowers around.
Fascinating. The passage of knowledge and craftsmanship.
Even up until the early 19th century, blue paint and anything blue pigmented was rare, difficult to make, and hard to come by. If you saw the color blue, especially extensively anywhere, it was associated with wealth. Even on the Royal Navy, sailing ships of the Napoleonic era, if you saw a ship that had blue-painted decorations on it, that was an indicator that either the captain of that ship or the admiral that was using it as his flagship had money that other ship captains didn’t have and could afford to have his ship painted with blue decorations.
Thank you!