Not currently on display at the V&A

Tile

1358-1359 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (made)
Place of origin
Bukhara (made)
Uzbekistan (made)

Middle East, Ceramic, Tile; Fragment, carved earthenware, glazed turquoise and white, part of calligraphic inscription with spiral foliate scroll backdrop, from the tomb of Buyanquli Khan (d.1358), Bukhara, Uzbekistan, 1358-1359


Object details

Object type
Tile
Brief description
Middle East, Ceramic, Tile; Fragment, carved earthenware, glazed turquoise and white, part of calligraphic inscription with spiral foliate scroll backdrop, from the tomb of Buyanquli Khan (d.1358), Bukhara, Uzbekistan, 1358-1359
Dimensions
  • Height: 43.8cm
  • Width: 27cm
  • Depth: 5cm
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
682-1900

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O279987/tile-unknown/
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