Tile
1250-1350 (made)
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Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star, fritware. Decorated with flowers in white and blue on a ground of golden-brown lustre, surrounded by a border of inscriptions in lustre on white ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware with lustre decoration |
| Brief description | Middle East, Ceramic, Tile; Star tile, fritware, glazed and painted in cobalt blue and lustre, Iran (probably Kashan), 13th-14th century |
| Physical description | Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star, fritware. Decorated with flowers in white and blue on a ground of golden-brown lustre, surrounded by a border of inscriptions in lustre on white ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | انا انزلناه في ليلة القدر
وما ادراك ما ليلة القدر
ليلة القدر خير من الف شهر
تنزل الملائكة والروح فيها باذن ربهم من كل امر
سلام هي حتى مطلع الفجر
شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو والملائكة واولو العلم قائما بالقسط لا اله الا هو العزيز (Qur’anic inscription - part of surah 3:18, and surah 97.) |
| Production | Register |
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| Bibliographic reference | Moya Carey, Persian Art. Collecting the Arts of Iran for the V&A, London, 2017, p.98. |
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| Accession number | 1074-1875 |
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| Record created | March 11, 2009 |
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