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Title Tile
Author Unknown
Publication Place Kashan (made) -
Subject Pearl Palmettes Stars Crosses (Motifs)
Type Other
Language Undetermined
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Physical Dimensions Height: 20.9cm, Width: 19.7cm, Depth: 1.3cm
Library: Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID 1828-1876
Record ID 1828-1876
Library Location Middle East Section
Notes Tile, fritware, glazed and painted in turquoise, cobalt blue and lustre, Iran (Kashan), early 14th century
Sample Text بس٠الله الرح٠ن الرحي٠هل اتى على الانسان حين ٠ن الدهر ل٠يكن شيئا ٠ذكورا انا خلقنا الانسان ٠ن نطفة ا٠شاج نبتليه فجعلناه س٠يعا بصيرا انا هديناه السبيل ا٠ا شاكرا وا٠ا كفورا Note Qur’anic inscription part of surah 76, verses 1 to 3
Edebi referans Koran
Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, glazed and painted in turquoise, cobalt blue and lustre Fritware Painted Glazed
Fiziksel açıklama Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star, fritware. The central field is decorated in reserve against a ground of golden-brown lustre. The decoration is very similar to 734A-1888. It is divided into compartments by an octagon which closes off the points of the star, which are filled with small palmettes. The octagon has a double border outlined in cobalt blue and filled with a pearl motif. Inside the octagon is a sideways cross motif (similar to one which appears on 734-1888) which subdivides the octagon into four compartments which are filled with motifs consisting of two split palmettes branching on either side of a bud. There is a dab of dark turquoise pigment at the centre of the tile. Around the edge is a border inscription in cursive script, in lustre on a white ground, and outlined at top and bottom with cobalt blue lines. (Translation of the inscription: "In the name of God! the Compassionate! the Merciful! Doth not a space of time pass over man during which he is a thing unremembered? Verily, We have created man from the union of the sexes that we might prove him, and hearing, seeing, We have made him. In a right way have We guided him, be he thankful or ungrateful.")
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Tile

Author Unknown
Publication Place Kashan (made) -
Subject Pearl Palmettes Stars Crosses (Motifs)
Type Other
Language Undetermined
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Physical Dimensions Height: 20.9cm, Width: 19.7cm, Depth: 1.3cm
Library Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID 1828-1876
Record ID 1828-1876
Library Location Middle East Section
Notes Tile, fritware, glazed and painted in turquoise, cobalt blue and lustre, Iran (Kashan), early 14th century
Sample Text بس٠الله الرح٠ن الرحي٠هل اتى على الانسان حين ٠ن الدهر ل٠يكن شيئا ٠ذكورا انا خلقنا الانسان ٠ن نطفة ا٠شاج نبتليه فجعلناه س٠يعا بصيرا انا هديناه السبيل ا٠ا شاكرا وا٠ا كفورا Note Qur’anic inscription part of surah 76, verses 1 to 3
Edebi referans Koran
Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, glazed and painted in turquoise, cobalt blue and lustre Fritware Painted Glazed
Fiziksel açıklama Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star, fritware. The central field is decorated in reserve against a ground of golden-brown lustre. The decoration is very similar to 734A-1888. It is divided into compartments by an octagon which closes off the points of the star, which are filled with small palmettes. The octagon has a double border outlined in cobalt blue and filled with a pearl motif. Inside the octagon is a sideways cross motif (similar to one which appears on 734-1888) which subdivides the octagon into four compartments which are filled with motifs consisting of two split palmettes branching on either side of a bud. There is a dab of dark turquoise pigment at the centre of the tile. Around the edge is a border inscription in cursive script, in lustre on a white ground, and outlined at top and bottom with cobalt blue lines. (Translation of the inscription: "In the name of God! the Compassionate! the Merciful! Doth not a space of time pass over man during which he is a thing unremembered? Verily, We have created man from the union of the sexes that we might prove him, and hearing, seeing, We have made him. In a right way have We guided him, be he thankful or ungrateful.")
Üretim Inventory record
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