Tile Set
1622-1623 (made)
| Place of origin |
Wall tiles, fourteen pieces, and part of another. Earthenware glazed in the cuerda seca technique, with an inscription in large white letters on a dark blue ground. The inscription is dated AH 1031 and signed by the calligrapher Muhammad Riza Imami.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 14 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware glazed in the <i>cuerda seca</i> technique |
| Brief description | Wall tiles, fourteen pieces, earthenware glazed in the cuerda seca technique, Iran, 1622-1623 |
| Physical description | Wall tiles, fourteen pieces, and part of another. Earthenware glazed in the cuerda seca technique, with an inscription in large white letters on a dark blue ground. The inscription is dated AH 1031 and signed by the calligrapher Muhammad Riza Imami. |
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| Production | Register |
| Bibliographic reference | John Curtis, Ina Sarikhani Sandmann and Tim Stanley, Epic Iran: 5000 Years of Culture, London: V&A Publishing, 2021, pp.258-259, cat. no. 197. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 620:1 to 14-1878 |
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| Record created | March 30, 2009 |
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