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Tile panel
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Tile panel
- Place of origin:
Iran (made)
- Date:
1275-1325 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Fritware, painted and moulded and with underglaze turquoise-blue
- Museum number:
546:1 to 6-1900
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case WN
Physical description
Panel of six fritware cross tiles, moulded with floral decoration and decorated with underglaze turquoise-blue. Border painted with an inscription in Arabic characters.
Place of Origin
Iran (made)
Date
1275-1325 (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Fritware, painted and moulded and with underglaze turquoise-blue
Dimensions
Diameter: 21.5 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm maximum, Weight: 0.4 kg
Object history note
Bought for the Myers Collection.
Descriptive line
Panel of six cross tiles of fritware, moulded and painted, Iran, 1275-1325.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Watson, O, Persian Lustre Ware, London, 1985, colour plate M
Exhibition History
The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art 13/04/2003-27/07/2003)
The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 28/10/2002-16/02/2003)
Materials
Fritware
Techniques
Glazed; Moulded
Subjects depicted
Foliage; Bird; Floral; Star
Categories
Ceramics; Tiles
Collection code
MES
