Tile
early 14th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Tile, an eight-pointed star in shape, with a fritware body, decorated with blue painted into the glaze before firing and with lustre added over the glaze after the initial firing; the main field is divided into four compartments by narrow fillets, and each compartment is filled with ornament based on the palmette motif; the border contains a poetic inscription outlined in lustre and reserved in white on a blue ground.
Object details
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| Brief description | Middle East, Ceramic, Tile; Star-shaped tile, fritware, glazed and painted in cobalt blue and lustre pigment, Iran (probably Kashan), 14th century |
| Physical description | Tile, an eight-pointed star in shape, with a fritware body, decorated with blue painted into the glaze before firing and with lustre added over the glaze after the initial firing; the main field is divided into four compartments by narrow fillets, and each compartment is filled with ornament based on the palmette motif; the border contains a poetic inscription outlined in lustre and reserved in white on a blue ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A quatrain by Jalāl al-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī:
ای گرسنه مهر تو سیران جهان / ترسان ز فراق تو دلیران جهان/ با چشم تو آهوان چه دارندبه دشت/ ای زلف تو پایبند شیران جهان |
| Object history | Probably from the dado of the shrine of Shaykh Abd al-Samad, Natanz. |
| Production | register |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 113-1895 |
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| Record created | March 9, 2009 |
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