Tile
early 14th century (made)
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Tile of fritware, in the shape of an eight-pointed star. The central field is decorated in reserve against a ground of golden-brown lustre, and has a lightly moulded design of a flying phoenix against a ground of a branching tree. Around the edge is a border inscription in large cursive script, and the letters are outlined in lustre on a white ground, and the background to the border is painted in cobalt blue with the letters left in white.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted with lustre over the glaze and moulded |
| Brief description | Tile of fritware, in the shape of an eight-pointed star, painted with lustre over the glaze and moulded, Iran (Kashan), early 14th century. |
| Physical description | Tile of fritware, in the shape of an eight-pointed star. The central field is decorated in reserve against a ground of golden-brown lustre, and has a lightly moulded design of a flying phoenix against a ground of a branching tree. Around the edge is a border inscription in large cursive script, and the letters are outlined in lustre on a white ground, and the background to the border is painted in cobalt blue with the letters left in white. |
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| Object history | Purchased in Istanbul in 1897 from Mrs Alice Whitaker, daughter and heir of William Henry Wrench (1836-96). Wrench was British consul in the city when he died, and he had formed a significant collection of Ottoman and Iranian objects while in the consular service. For images of how Wrench displayed his collection in his home in the Pera (Beyoğlu) district of the city, see V&A: PH.331 to 334-1892. |
| Production | register |
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| Accession number | 1893-1897 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2009 |
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