Red Clay Pottery with Turquoise Glaze from Archaeological Studies of the Tsarevskoye Settlement

The paper features the fragments of red clay pottery with turquoise glaze deposited at the Archaeological Museum of Kazan University, which originated from the excavations by the Volga Archaeological Expedition of the 1960s at Tsarevskoye settlement (Volgograd Oblast). One type of vessels is represented by red clay bowls covered with opaque turquoise glaze, possibly on white engobe painting. The second type – by red clay bowls with engobe painting under transparent turquoise glaze. This category of pottery is contained in small quantities in the material complex of the Golden Horde towns of Bolgar, Ukek, Madzar and Azak. The most likely crafting location of the vessels coated with opaque turquoise glaze is Selitrennoye settlement. The manufacturing center where the red clay bowls with engobe painting under transparent turquoise glaze were produced has not been identified. According to archaeological information, the period of existence of these two varieties of red clay pottery with turquoise glaze is the middle – second half of the 14th century.