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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

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Buff-coloured earthenware, moulded in relief and painted in copper lustre and blue with birds, flowers and close foliage. With an Arabic inscription along two of the edges. Persian, 14th century


Object details

Object type
Brief description
Buff-coloured earthenware, moulded in relief and painted in copper lustre and blue with birds, flowers and close foliage. With an Arabic inscription along two of the edges. Persian, 14th century
Physical description
Buff-coloured earthenware, moulded in relief and painted in copper lustre and blue with birds, flowers and close foliage. With an Arabic inscription along two of the edges. Persian, 14th century
Marks and inscriptions
Qur'an sura 36, verses 1 to 9 and 51 to 55.
Object history
Probably from the mosque adjacent to the Shrine of Shaykh Abd al-Samad, Natanz
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
311-1902

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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