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A tile bearing the image of a rider on a camel (Bahram Gur's hunting)
(بلاطة عليها صورة راكب على جمل صيد بهرام جور)

Title	A tile bearing the image of a rider on a camel (Bahram Gur's hunting)
Title Original	بلاطة عليها صورة راكب على جمل صيد بهرام جور
Author	unknown
Author Original	مجهول
Publication Date:	1227 AD
Publication Place	- Khninko Museum
Subject	Ceramic paste of blue and turquoise painted glass over lustre-painted glass — Anonymous
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الطول :21 سم ، العرض : 21 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	704 БВ
Record ID	object;EPM;uc;Mus21;15;ar
Library Location	Khninko Museum
Date	1227 AD
Notes	Gemstones from the Museum's Collection This slab is today the only known piece of Iranian luster-glazed ceramics from the period 1220-1260 AD and the artistic merits of the piece are incomparable. The complex formation perfectly matches the plane of the eight-pointed star. The delicate coating with a brilliant amber-gold paint is enhanced by subtle accents of turquoise and blue over a background of light ivory, and the resulting color formation creates a wonderful decorative effect. The scene on the slab deserves special attention and, according to Vera Krachkovskaya and Leon Gozalyan, it may depict one of the legendary stories of Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh (Book of Kings), the hunting scene of King Bahram Gur. The borders of the slab are inscribed in Persian and contain three verses of poetry by an unknown poet related to one-sided love. The date of the Islamic Hijri calendar is also indicated here: the month of Safar in the year 624, which corresponds to the period from late December to the end of February in the year 1227 AD. Such tiles, which are installed alternately on the walls with diagonal or straight intersections of blue or turquoise, decorate the interior of the rooms in the homes of the Iranian upper class.
Sample Text	“Slab depicting a rider on a camel (Bahram Gur’s Hunt)” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uc;Mus21;15;ar

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A tile bearing the image of a rider on a camel (Bahram Gur's hunting)

(بلاطة عليها صورة راكب على جمل صيد بهرام جور)

Author unknown

Author Original مجهول

Publication Date 1227 AD

Publication Place - Khninko Museum

Subject Ceramic paste of blue and turquoise painted glass over lustre-painted glass — Anonymous

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الطول :21 سم ، العرض : 21 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 704 БВ

Record ID object;EPM;uc;Mus21;15;ar

Library Location Khninko Museum

Date 1227 AD

Notes Gemstones from the Museum's Collection This slab is today the only known piece of Iranian luster-glazed ceramics from the period 1220-1260 AD and the artistic merits of the piece are incomparable. The complex formation perfectly matches the plane of the eight-pointed star. The delicate coating with a brilliant amber-gold paint is enhanced by subtle accents of turquoise and blue over a background of light ivory, and the resulting color formation creates a wonderful decorative effect. The scene on the slab deserves special attention and, according to Vera Krachkovskaya and Leon Gozalyan, it may depict one of the legendary stories of Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh (Book of Kings), the hunting scene of King Bahram Gur. The borders of the slab are inscribed in Persian and contain three verses of poetry by an unknown poet related to one-sided love. The date of the Islamic Hijri calendar is also indicated here: the month of Safar in the year 624, which corresponds to the period from late December to the end of February in the year 1227 AD. Such tiles, which are installed alternately on the walls with diagonal or straight intersections of blue or turquoise, decorate the interior of the rooms in the homes of the Iranian upper class.

Sample Text “Slab depicting a rider on a camel (Bahram Gur’s Hunt)” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uc;Mus21;15;ar