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

Tile

early 14th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile of glazed grey fritware, star-shaped, and painted in the centre with metallic lustre on a white ground with a symmetrical scroll design. The border contains an inscription on a blue ground.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, painted with lustre over the glaze
Brief description
Tile of glazed grey fritware, star-shaped, and painted in the centre with metallic lustre on a white slip, Kashan, early 14th century.
Physical description
Tile of glazed grey fritware, star-shaped, and painted in the centre with metallic lustre on a white ground with a symmetrical scroll design. The border contains an inscription on a blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.3cm
  • Width: 20.5cm
  • Depth: 1.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
ای گرسنه مهر تو سیران جهان / ترسان ز فاتو دلیران جهان/ با چشم تو آهوان چه دارندبه دشت/ ای زلف تو پایبند شیران جهان (The inscription is a quatrain from Jalal al-Din Rumi's Divan-e Shams. This version of the poem shows slight differences from the canonical reading, demonstrating how poems of this kind were flexible and often subject to small changes by those reciting, or inscribing, them. )
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Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
350-1896

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Record createdMarch 9, 2009
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