Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tile

ca. 1300 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Star-shaped tile of fritware and decorated with metallic lustre in the centre with a rosette surrounded by foliated designs. The border contains an inscription on a blue ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with metallic lustre over the glaze
Brief description
Middle East, Ceramic, Tile; Star-shaped tile, fritware, glazed and painted in cobalt blue and lustre pigment, Iran (probably Kashan), 14th century
Physical description
Star-shaped tile of fritware and decorated with metallic lustre in the centre with a rosette surrounded by foliated designs. The border contains an inscription on a blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.4cm
  • Width: 19.5cm
  • Depth: 1.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
Ferdowsi poem: بنام خداوند جان و خرد/ کزین برتر اندیشه برنگذرد/ خداوند جان و خداوند رای / خداوند روزی ده رهنمای / ز نام و …
Object history
Probably from the shrine of Shaykh Abd al-Samad, Natanz.
Production
register
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
114-1895

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Record createdMarch 9, 2009
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