Tile
1300-1320 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This tile is froma mosque at Natanz in central Iran. It originally formed part of a frieze with a quotation from the Qur'an.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware with opaque cobalt-blue glaze and lustre-painted decoration |
| Brief description | Frieze tile, fritware, with inscription Iran (probably Kashan), early 14th century. |
| Physical description | One of a set of forty, fritware, rectangular, with raised inscription in Naskh script coloured in cobalt blue, surrounded by a background in of fine scrollwork of half palmettes in lustre, glazed. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلاَلٍ Note Qur’anic inscription part of surah 36: 24 |
| Production | Acquired from a mosque in Natanz, Iran |
| Summary | This tile is froma mosque at Natanz in central Iran. It originally formed part of a frieze with a quotation from the Qur'an. |
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| Accession number | 1494:3-1876 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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