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1643 (made)
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Memorial stele with decoration on one side, probably intended to be set up against a wall. The shape is roughly an upright rectangle with a triangular upper section. Made of fritware painted under the glaze in black and blue on a white ground.
It bears four lines of inscriptions, arranged in two groups of two, set in cartouches with shaped ends (except the beginning of line 4). There are three bands of Chinese-inspired ornament above, between and below the two groups of two lines. The first two lines contain a couplet in Persian. A second couplet from the same poem fills the third line, and the fourth line records the name and date of death of the deceased, written in Arabic. All four lines are written in a shaky nasta'liq hand, in black.
Above the text, in the triangular space at the top of the stele, is a group of objects that may have been owned by the deceased (and indicate his status as an educated man). In the centre is a turban on a stool. To the left are a pen box, penknife and scissors (used for cutting paper). To the right are three unidentified, onion-shaped objects. Further to the left and along the upper margin are plant-based motifs of Chinese origin.
The whole stele is framed by a band with a diaper pattern interrupted by roundels with four-petal rosettes (?) on a white ground.
Dated 1643.
It bears four lines of inscriptions, arranged in two groups of two, set in cartouches with shaped ends (except the beginning of line 4). There are three bands of Chinese-inspired ornament above, between and below the two groups of two lines. The first two lines contain a couplet in Persian. A second couplet from the same poem fills the third line, and the fourth line records the name and date of death of the deceased, written in Arabic. All four lines are written in a shaky nasta'liq hand, in black.
Above the text, in the triangular space at the top of the stele, is a group of objects that may have been owned by the deceased (and indicate his status as an educated man). In the centre is a turban on a stool. To the left are a pen box, penknife and scissors (used for cutting paper). To the right are three unidentified, onion-shaped objects. Further to the left and along the upper margin are plant-based motifs of Chinese origin.
The whole stele is framed by a band with a diaper pattern interrupted by roundels with four-petal rosettes (?) on a white ground.
Dated 1643.
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Materials and techniques | Fritware with decoration painted under the glaze |
Brief description | Ceramic memorial stele, fritware painted under the glaze in blue and black on a white ground, Iran, 1643 |
Physical description | Memorial stele with decoration on one side, probably intended to be set up against a wall. The shape is roughly an upright rectangle with a triangular upper section. Made of fritware painted under the glaze in black and blue on a white ground. It bears four lines of inscriptions, arranged in two groups of two, set in cartouches with shaped ends (except the beginning of line 4). There are three bands of Chinese-inspired ornament above, between and below the two groups of two lines. The first two lines contain a couplet in Persian. A second couplet from the same poem fills the third line, and the fourth line records the name and date of death of the deceased, written in Arabic. All four lines are written in a shaky nasta'liq hand, in black. Above the text, in the triangular space at the top of the stele, is a group of objects that may have been owned by the deceased (and indicate his status as an educated man). In the centre is a turban on a stool. To the left are a pen box, penknife and scissors (used for cutting paper). To the right are three unidentified, onion-shaped objects. Further to the left and along the upper margin are plant-based motifs of Chinese origin. The whole stele is framed by a band with a diaper pattern interrupted by roundels with four-petal rosettes (?) on a white ground. Dated 1643. |
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Marks and inscriptions | درون قبر اگر آهی کشم از سینه چاکم
شود بریان اگر مرغی نه شیند بر سر خاکم
پس از مرگم نشورد هیچکس بر جان غمناکم
مگر شمعی بسوزد گاه گاهی بر سر خاکم
المرحوم ملک ولد حسین فی شهر ذی الحجة سنة ۱۰۵۲ (The month of Dhu'l-Hijjah 1052 in the Hijri calendar corresponds to period 20 February to 22 March 1643.)
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Accession number | 1822-1876 |
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Record created | March 20, 2009 |
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