▁with ▁the ▁Zh eng de ▁Emperor ' s ▁( r . ▁ 1 5 0 5 - 1 5 2 1 ) ▁fl irt ation ▁with ▁Islam . ▁ ▁Islam ic ▁innov ations ▁ ▁From ▁between ▁the ▁e ighth ▁and ▁eigh teenth ▁centuries , ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁gla zed ▁cer am ics ▁was ▁pre val ent ▁in ▁Islam ic ▁art , ▁usually ▁assuming ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁elaborate ▁pot tery . ▁T in - op ac ified ▁gla zing , ▁for ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁tin - g laz ed ▁pot tery , ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁new ▁techn ologies ▁developed ▁by ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁pot ters . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁Islam ic ▁op aque ▁gla zes ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁as ▁blue - p aint ed ▁w are ▁in ▁Bas ra , ▁d ating ▁to ▁around ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁century . ▁Another ▁significant ▁contribution ▁was ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁stone ware ▁origin ating ▁in ▁ 9 th - century ▁Ira q . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁vit re ous ▁or ▁sem iv it re ous ▁cer am ic ▁w are ▁of ▁fine ▁texture , ▁made ▁primarily ▁from ▁non - ref actory ▁fire ▁cl ay . ▁ ▁Other ▁cent res ▁for ▁innov ative ▁pot tery ▁in ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁world ▁included ▁F ust at ▁( from ▁ 9 7 5 ▁to ▁ 1 0 7 5 ), ▁Dam asc us ▁( from ▁ 1 1 0 0 ▁to ▁around ▁ 1 6 0 0 ) ▁and ▁Tab riz ▁( from ▁ 1 4 7 0 ▁to