Rashaya al-Fukhar ware is a wheel-made, painted, and glazed ceramic type named after its primary place of production, the Lebanese village of Rashaya al-Fukhar (fukhar is the Arabic word for pottery) on the southwestern side of Mt. Hermon. Its production was described by a number of 19th century travels dating back to Burckhardt (see description in Taxel 2012: 126), and ethnoarchaeological studies of later 20th century production have been published (e.g. Zevulun 1978). Similar wares were also produced in other villages along the foothills of Mt. Hermon (Walker 2009: 64, n. 42). While the ware is most associated with the late Ottoman and modern periods (i.e. the 19th and 20th centuries CE), an "early" production appears in the late 15...
Early Rashaya al-Fukhar ware is wheel-made, in a pinkish or reddish-brown fabric (occasionally gray), which is generally well-levigated and well-fired. It has painted geometric designs in one or two shades of brown paint over a white slip, occasionally either partly glazed in green or with splashes of colorless or green glaze (Tsioni 2010: 230-231). Later Rashaya al-Fukhar ware is found in orange-pink, white (Walker 2009: 54), yellowish, orange, or pale brown fabric (Taxel 2012: 126), well...
