Tile
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Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star, fritware. The central field is decorated in reserve against a ground of golden-brown lustre. The main motif is a palmette tree which terminates in a sunflower, has simple palmettes branching to right and left below that, and a large single leaf which curves to the left forms a smaller second shoot. The details are in lustre and filled in with cobalt blue and turquoise pigments. The surrounding area is filled with simple palmette forms, and in 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.
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 (Kashan), early 14th century |
| Physical description | Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star, fritware. The central field is decorated in reserve against a ground of golden-brown lustre. The main motif is a palmette tree which terminates in a sunflower, has simple palmettes branching to right and left below that, and a large single leaf which curves to the left forms a smaller second shoot. The details are in lustre and filled in with cobalt blue and turquoise pigments. The surrounding area is filled with simple palmette forms, and in 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. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
هل اتى على الانسان حين من الدهر لم يكن شيئا مذكورا
انا خلقنا الانسان من نطفة امشاج نبتليه فجعلناه سميعا بصيرا
انا هديناه السبيل اما شاكرا واما كفورا (Qur’anic inscription part of surah 76 verses 1 to 3.
The inscription ends with the date 701 (equivalent to 1301/1302).) |
| Object history | Bought, 2l. 5s. the four [734 to C-1888] |
| Production | Inventory record |
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| Accession number | 734B-1888 |
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| Record created | April 7, 2009 |
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