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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Tile

1260-65
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fritware tile, star shaped, flower decoration in white on a ground of metallic lustre, surrounded by a border of Arabic inscriptions in lustre colour.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with lustre decoration over the glaze
Brief description
Ceramic; Fritware tile, star shaped, lustre decoration over the glaze, central design reserved on lustre, with Arabic inscriptions quoting the Quran around borders, probably Kashan, Iran, 1260-65
Physical description
Fritware tile, star shaped, flower decoration in white on a ground of metallic lustre, surrounded by a border of Arabic inscriptions in lustre colour.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(Quran: suras al-Fatiha (1), and al-Ikhlas (112).)
Production
This tile is very similar to those from Imamzade Yahya in Veramin (near Tehran), many of which are dated 1262.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Moya Carey, Persian Art. Collecting the Arts of Iran for the V&A, London, 2017, p.99.
Collection
Accession number
1072-1875

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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