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

Tile

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

Fragment of a rectangular section of a frieze, moulded and glazed in monochrome turquoise glaze, depicting a lion prowling to the left against a background of floral motifs in lower relief.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, moulded in relief and glazed
Brief description
Tile fragment, fritware, moulded in relief under turquoise glaze, Iran (probably Kashan), early 14th century
Physical description
Fragment of a rectangular section of a frieze, moulded and glazed in monochrome turquoise glaze, depicting a lion prowling to the left against a background of floral motifs in lower relief.
Dimensions
  • Length: 22.9cm
  • Width: 19.1cm
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Moya Carey, Persian Art. Collecting the Arts of Iran for the V&A, London, 2017, p.111.
Collection
Accession number
1530-1876

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Record createdMarch 19, 2009
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