Fragment
13th century (made)
| Place of origin |
The tiles forming the inlay which remain are one star shaped with white glaze, portions of a star shaped, hexagonal and a five-sided tile with dark blue glaze, and a semi-octogonal tile with turquoise-blue glaze; all are decorated with small rosettes, discs and spirals in red and black outline and gold.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, painted, gilt, glazed |
| Brief description | Fragments of ceramic mosaic of gray earthenware, inlaid with small geometric tiles painted in colours and gilt over opaque coloured glazes. Found at Oaveh, between Hamadan and Kashan. Persian; 13th century. |
| Physical description | The tiles forming the inlay which remain are one star shaped with white glaze, portions of a star shaped, hexagonal and a five-sided tile with dark blue glaze, and a semi-octogonal tile with turquoise-blue glaze; all are decorated with small rosettes, discs and spirals in red and black outline and gold. |
| Bibliographic reference | Bernard O'Kane, "Tiles of Many Hues: The Development of Iranian Cuerda Seca Tiles and the Transfer of Tile Technology", in Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair, editors, And Diverse are Their Hues: Color in Islamic Art and Culture, New Haven and London, 2011, pp.174-203.
C.749c-1909 is illustrated at p.185, pl.118h. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.749A-1909 |
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| Record created | September 9, 2019 |
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