Tile
ca. 1325 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Tile, fritware, of eight-point star shape, the border painted in cobalt blue with Naskh inscription with lustre enclosing a design of a seated hare on a foliate scrolled reserve dotted ground.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted in underglaze and lustre |
| Brief description | Star-shaped tile, fritware, painted in blue and metallic lustre with a seated hare and inscriptions, Iran (probably Kashan), ca.1325. |
| Physical description | Tile, fritware, of eight-point star shape, the border painted in cobalt blue with Naskh inscription with lustre enclosing a design of a seated hare on a foliate scrolled reserve dotted ground. |
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| Production | The tile bears sign of having been cut down, probably before being set on a wall. Tiles such as this one used to be commissioned in bulk and later set with cross tiles to create a larger design (see for example a tile panel attributable to Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Tahir, including object no.1837-1876); but occasionally the measurements didn’t fit to the millimetre and the borders of the tiles were cut to fit the requested area and make the pieces fit. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1023-1892 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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