Publication Date
Tenth-eleventh / sixteenth-seventeenth centuries
Publication Place
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Beryl Collection, Glasgow Museums
Subject
Underglaze pottery, colored dark blue, turquoise and purple mixed with black and grey.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 21.5 سم؛ العرض: 19 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
BC 33.42
Record ID
object;ISL;uk;Mus04;46;ar
Library Location
Beryl Collection, Glasgow Museums
Date
Tenth-eleventh / sixteenth-seventeenth centuries
Notes
A slab that once formed part of an integrated decorative composition of cypress trees and vases. The cypress trees are depicted with spiny edges surrounding a light-coloured fish-scale motif; As for vases, they are distributed among the trees. An example of similar, if not identical, decorative tiles (dating from the 10th/16th century) can be seen in the tomb of the Sufi sheikh Muhyiddin ibn Arabi (560-637 / 1165-1240), located inside the Sultan Selim I Mosque in Damascus. The use of cypress trees in buildings like this is considered appropriate, because the cypress tree, as they say, symbolizes inherent perfection, and it biologically carries both masculine and feminine elements within it. They liken its submission to the wind to the submission of the 'authentic Muslim' to the will of God.
Sample Text
Noorah Al-Gailani, Noorah Al-Gailani "Wall slab" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus04;46;ar
