Paintings of Vases in Islamic Palaces and Houses through Manuscripts: Artistic and Archaeological Study

    Abstract
   The idea of ​​this research deals with one of the beautiful elements and furnishings in Islamic houses and palaces, which are aesthetic vases, their forms, their most important uses, and their places in Islamic houses and palaces through paintings of manuscripts. These vases appeared in various Islamic historical eras and were used for decoration inside Islamic houses and palaces. Islamic art has produced a large group of aesthetic vases with various decorations, perhaps the oldest of which are depicted on the walls of the Dome of the Rock. This paper discusses many important and diverse examples of paintings of vases in Islamic houses and palaces through Islamic manuscripts in the light of the various Islamic schools of painting such as: the Arab School, the Iranian-Persian School, the Indian Mongol School, and the Ottoman Turkish School. Aesthetic vases were depicted inside Islamic houses and palaces through Islamic manuscripts, as they were considered one of the most important of furniture and decoration, since housewives and ladies of palaces had luxurious tools of bottles, vases, and cups. The importance of this study lies in examining aesthetic vases of all shapes and types inside Islamic houses and palaces. This topic is also considered one of the new topics in the field of Islamic painting, which has not been covered and discussed by any previous study. The aim of this study is to focus on the most important types of aesthetic vases, whether freestanding or placed on a vase holder with jugs and cups next to them. The research also aims to focus on roses and flowers of different colors and multiple lobes that branch out from the vases. This study will be addressed in the light of the inferential historical method in terms of collecting paintings and historical evidence related to these vases, in addition to the descriptive and analytical method for all these information in order to come up with a clear vision of the archaeological, artistic, and civilizational importance of these vases.