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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tile

ca. 1300-1320 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Frieze tile, fritware, rectangular mouled with inscriptions in raised Naskh script in cobalt blue against a lustre ground with half-palmette scrollwork.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with opaque cobalt-blue glaze and lustre-painted decoration
Brief description
Frieze tile, fritware, rectangular with a moulded inscription (probably from the Qur’an), painted in cobalt blue with lustre, Iran (probably Kashan), early 14th century.
Physical description
Frieze tile, fritware, rectangular mouled with inscriptions in raised Naskh script in cobalt blue against a lustre ground with half-palmette scrollwork.
Dimensions
  • Length: 27.6cm
  • Width: 14.6cm
  • Height: 3.0cm
Object history
The tile is from the mosque at Natanz, in central Iran.
Collection
Accession number
1494:21-1876

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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