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Two pieces of tile
(قطعتان من القاشاني)

Title	Two pieces of tile
Title Original	قطعتان من القاشاني
Publication Date:	Late tenth / late sixteenth century
Publication Place	- Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Subject	Quartz paste (frit) in blue, green, and black underglaze colors, a tile-colored underglaze layer, and a transparent layer of glaze above it.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	(159) 24.5 سم× 24.5 سم؛ (160) 22.8 سم× 22.8 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	A. 1900.159–160
Record ID	object;ISL;uk;Mus03;31;ar
Library Location	Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Date	Late tenth / late sixteenth century
Notes	Two pieces of porcelain made of glazed quartz paste. Piece (159) bears a horizontal composition of naturally drawn vine branches with green leaves and red clusters surrounding a central branch on which small blue and red flowers grow. Piece (160) shows a dense floral design of leaves known as saz overlaid in the middle and surrounded by four imaginary semi-flowers, while the ground is filled with red wavy bands. Color and elaborate branches in blue.
Sample Text	Ulrike Al-Khamis “Two Pieces of Faience” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus03;31;ar

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Two pieces of tile

(قطعتان من القاشاني)

Publication Date Late tenth / late sixteenth century

Publication Place - Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS

Subject Quartz paste (frit) in blue, green, and black underglaze colors, a tile-colored underglaze layer, and a transparent layer of glaze above it.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions (159) 24.5 سم× 24.5 سم؛ (160) 22.8 سم× 22.8 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID A. 1900.159–160

Record ID object;ISL;uk;Mus03;31;ar

Library Location Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS

Date Late tenth / late sixteenth century

Notes Two pieces of porcelain made of glazed quartz paste. Piece (159) bears a horizontal composition of naturally drawn vine branches with green leaves and red clusters surrounding a central branch on which small blue and red flowers grow. Piece (160) shows a dense floral design of leaves known as saz overlaid in the middle and surrounded by four imaginary semi-flowers, while the ground is filled with red wavy bands. Color and elaborate branches in blue.

Sample Text Ulrike Al-Khamis “Two Pieces of Faience” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus03;31;ar