Tile
early 14th century (made)
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Square tile, fritware, with projecting upper border with moulded decoration of paired back-to-back split palmettes. The lower section has a moulded inscription (probably from the Qur'an), painted in cobalt blue; the background is painted in golden-brown lustre, with a decoration of large scrolls infilled with palmette leaves, left in reserve. There are splashes of cobalt blue pigment over the whole surface. From a set dated (7)38 H/1337 A.D.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, moulded, glazed and painted in cobalt blue and lustre |
| Brief description | Tile, fritware, moulded, glazed and painted in cobalt blue and lustre, Iran (probably Kashan), early 14th century |
| Physical description | Square tile, fritware, with projecting upper border with moulded decoration of paired back-to-back split palmettes. The lower section has a moulded inscription (probably from the Qur'an), painted in cobalt blue; the background is painted in golden-brown lustre, with a decoration of large scrolls infilled with palmette leaves, left in reserve. There are splashes of cobalt blue pigment over the whole surface. From a set dated (7)38 H/1337 A.D. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | ثمان و ثلثین (The inscription allows us to date this set of tiles to 738AH/1337CE. )
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| Object history | Part of a set, 1490 to D-1876. |
| Production | Inventory record |
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| Literary reference | Qur'an |
| Associated object | 1507-1876 (Set) |
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| Accession number | 1490A-1876 |
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| Record created | March 19, 2009 |
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