Tile Panel
1250-1300 (made)
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Group of fragments of a tilework frieze, of buff-coloured fritware, carved with portions of an inscription in Kufic characters in relief, and covered with a turquoise-blue enamel. Decorated with floriated vertical strokes, outlined in red and with arabesques painted on the sunk ground in the interspaces. Along the top and bottom of the frieze is a wide band decorated with continuous arabesques painted in red and gold.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 35 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware painted with enamels and carved |
| Brief description | Frieze tilework fragments, fritware, moulded in relief with inscription, turquoise glazed, enamel painted details in red and gold, Iran, 1250-1300. |
| Physical description | Group of fragments of a tilework frieze, of buff-coloured fritware, carved with portions of an inscription in Kufic characters in relief, and covered with a turquoise-blue enamel. Decorated with floriated vertical strokes, outlined in red and with arabesques painted on the sunk ground in the interspaces. Along the top and bottom of the frieze is a wide band decorated with continuous arabesques painted in red and gold. |
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| Production | Lajvardina ware |
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| Bibliographic reference | Similar tile panel at the British Museum, illustrated in Venetia Porter, Islamic Tiles, British Museum Press, London, 1995, fig. 29. OA G.1896.3-14.32 |
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| Accession number | C.751 to 34-1909 |
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| Record created | March 26, 2009 |
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