Tile
early 14th century (made)
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Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star (with one point missing), fritware. The central field is decorated in reserve against a ground of golden-brown lustre. A single cypress tree fills the vertical axis, decorated in lustre with a scale motif and filled in with cobalt blue and turquoise pigments. The surrounding area is filled with palmettes and flowers, and at the base of the tile is a small pond with two fishes. Around the edge is a border inscription in cursive script, in lustre on a white ground, and outlined at top and bottom with cobalt blue lines. (Translation of the inscription: "In the name of God! the Compassionate! the Merciful! God! There is no God but He! the Living! the Self-subsisting! Neither slumber seizeth Him, nor sleep; His, whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him but by His own permission? He knoweth what is present with his creatures." Koran: part of 255th verse of 2nd Sura.)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, glazed and painted in turquoise, cobalt blue and lustre |
| Brief description | Tile, fritware, glazed and painted in turquoise, cobalt blue and lustre, Iran (probably Kashan), 13th century |
| Physical description | Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star (with one point missing), fritware. The central field is decorated in reserve against a ground of golden-brown lustre. A single cypress tree fills the vertical axis, decorated in lustre with a scale motif and filled in with cobalt blue and turquoise pigments. The surrounding area is filled with palmettes and flowers, and at the base of the tile is a small pond with two fishes. Around the edge is a border inscription in cursive script, in lustre on a white ground, and outlined at top and bottom with cobalt blue lines. (Translation of the inscription: "In the name of God! the Compassionate! the Merciful! God! There is no God but He! the Living! the Self-subsisting! Neither slumber seizeth Him, nor sleep; His, whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him but by His own permission? He knoweth what is present with his creatures." Koran: part of 255th verse of 2nd Sura.) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَىُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُۚ لَا تَأۡخُذُهُ ۥ سِنَةٌ۬ وَلَا نَوۡمٌ۬ۚ لَّهُ ۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشۡفَعُ عِندَهُ ۥۤ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِهِۦۚ يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ
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| Literary reference | Koran |
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| Accession number | 1525-1876 |
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| Record created | March 19, 2009 |
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