A Seljukian Faience Technique: Glaze Scratching

Glaze scratching (originally named as ‘sır kazıma’) is one of seljukian ceramic techniques. it is also called as ‘imitation faience mosaic’ because of its similarity to faience mosaic, another seljukian faience technique. up to the present, a few statements have been expressed on glaze scratching technique only when the subject is faience mosaic. even its known examples are no more than three or four pieces. this caused glaze scratching technique to be overshadowed by faience mosaic technique. as a result, other examples of the technique and the characteristics remained ambiguous. the aim of this study is to eliminate the ambiguity by introducing glaze scratching technique in details and determining its characteristics as one of our richnesses on faience art.