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

Panel Fragment

ca. 1358 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of a panel of yellowish sandstone, modelled with a countersunk design and covered with turquoise-blue, bluish-white and manganese-purple enamel colours. The corner is decorated with part of a geometrical design, outlined in purple and bluish-white, and forming compartments which are filled in with small foliated scrolls.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Sandstone, modelled and painted with enamels
Brief description
Fragment of a panel of yellowish sandstone, modelled with a countersunk design and covered with enamel colours, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, about 1358. From the tomb of Bayan-Quli Khan (d. 1358) at Fathabad.
Physical description
Fragment of a panel of yellowish sandstone, modelled with a countersunk design and covered with turquoise-blue, bluish-white and manganese-purple enamel colours. The corner is decorated with part of a geometrical design, outlined in purple and bluish-white, and forming compartments which are filled in with small foliated scrolls.
Dimensions
  • Length: 38.7cm
  • Width: 31.4cm
Object history
From the tomb of Bairam Khuli Khan at Fathabad, near Bokhara. Bought from the Myers Collection.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
569-1900

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Record createdMarch 19, 2009
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