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A piece of tile
(قطعة من القاشاني)

Title	A piece of tile
Title Original	قطعة من القاشاني
Publication Date:	Eleventh/seventeenth century
Publication Place	- Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Subject	Quartz paste (frit) in blue, green and turquoise colors underglaze with a transparent underglaze.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	28 سم × 28 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	A. 1900.167
Record ID	object;ISL;uk;Mus03;50;ar
Library Location	Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Date	Eleventh/seventeenth century
Notes	A piece of quartz-paste tile (frit) with a symmetrical stencil-printed design, consisting of four arabesque decorative frames and four rose-like flowers emerging from a central star pattern. The decorative borders extend towards the ends of larger arabesque medallions at the corners of the piece, while two twisted branches extending from the top of the flowers, ending in half-flowers, extend to the right and left. This piece of faience was part of a larger composition.
Sample Text	Ulrike Al-Khamis “Piece of faience” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus03;50;ar

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A piece of tile

(قطعة من القاشاني)

Publication Date Eleventh/seventeenth century

Publication Place - Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS

Subject Quartz paste (frit) in blue, green and turquoise colors underglaze with a transparent underglaze.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 28 سم × 28 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID A. 1900.167

Record ID object;ISL;uk;Mus03;50;ar

Library Location Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS

Date Eleventh/seventeenth century

Notes A piece of quartz-paste tile (frit) with a symmetrical stencil-printed design, consisting of four arabesque decorative frames and four rose-like flowers emerging from a central star pattern. The decorative borders extend towards the ends of larger arabesque medallions at the corners of the piece, while two twisted branches extending from the top of the flowers, ending in half-flowers, extend to the right and left. This piece of faience was part of a larger composition.

Sample Text Ulrike Al-Khamis “Piece of faience” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus03;50;ar