Tile
ca. 1270 (made)
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Tile of glazed greyish fritware, painted in dark blue, turquoise-blue and lustre, and with Kufic inscription (al-mulk twice) and foliage in the field and Qur'anic and other religious phrases in Naskh in the border. In the form of an eight-pointed star.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted with lustre over the glaze |
| Brief description | Tile of greyish fritware, painted with lustre over the glaze, Kashan, ca. 1270. |
| Physical description | Tile of glazed greyish fritware, painted in dark blue, turquoise-blue and lustre, and with Kufic inscription (al-mulk twice) and foliage in the field and Qur'anic and other religious phrases in Naskh in the border. In the form of an eight-pointed star. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم قل عوذ برب الناس ملک... الوسواس الخناس الذی یوسوس فی صدور الناس من الجنه و الناس صدق الله العظیم و صدق رسول الکریم و نحن علی ذالک شاهدین و الحمد لله رب العالم (Sura al-Nas (114), followed by other invocations) |
| Object history | Bought from the Myers Collection. |
| Production | register |
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| Accession number | 560-1900 |
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| Record created | March 19, 2009 |
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