Tile Panel
ca. 1358 (made), 1358-1359 (made)
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Six fragments of a tilework border of yellowish sandstone, glazed, carved and modelled with a countersunk design and covered with a turquoise-blue, bluish-white and manganese-purple enamel colours. With Arabic inscriptions in Naskhy characters in bluish-white on a ground of turquoise-blue interlacing foliated scrolls. Along the sides of some are portions of a purple border.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 6 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Sandstone, glazed, carved and modelled with decoration |
| Brief description | Six fragments of a tilework border of yellowish sandstone, glazed, carved and 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 | Six fragments of a tilework border of yellowish sandstone, glazed, carved and modelled with a countersunk design and covered with a turquoise-blue, bluish-white and manganese-purple enamel colours. With Arabic inscriptions in Naskhy characters in bluish-white on a ground of turquoise-blue interlacing foliated scrolls. Along the sides of some are portions of a purple border. |
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| Object history | From the tomb of Bairam Khuli Khan at Fathabad, near Bukhara. Bought from the Myers Collection. |
| Production | register |
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| Accession number | 636 to E-1900 |
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| Record created | March 19, 2009 |
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