Tile
1200-1300 (made)
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Fragment of a tile of glazed buff-coloured fritware, painted in copper lustre. Part of a large square tile painted with two figures wearing head-dresses and richly embroidered robes. One of them is seated on a throne, the other holds a beaker. The figures set diagonally to the sides of the tile. In the angles are two birds. The interspaces are decorated with foliage and small spirals, reserved in white, on a lustred ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted with lustre over the glaze |
| Brief description | Middle East, Ceramic, Tile; Tile fragment, fritware, lustre, Kashan, Iran, 1200-1300 |
| Physical description | Fragment of a tile of glazed buff-coloured fritware, painted in copper lustre. Part of a large square tile painted with two figures wearing head-dresses and richly embroidered robes. One of them is seated on a throne, the other holds a beaker. The figures set diagonally to the sides of the tile. In the angles are two birds. The interspaces are decorated with foliage and small spirals, reserved in white, on a lustred ground. |
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| Object history | A very similar tile is in the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin (object number I. 5375). |
| Production | register |
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| Accession number | 162-1907 |
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| Record created | March 25, 2009 |
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