Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1307
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Floral Patterns
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Width: 92cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
71-1885
Record ID
71-1885
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1307
Notes
Section of a mihrab (prayer-niche), glazed fritware with cobalt, enamelled and lustred decoration, from a shrine at Natanz, Iran, dated A.H. 707 (A.D. 1307)
Sample Text
The large inscription over the arch of the niche is the 78th verse of Qur'an chapter 17. The smaller inscription around the outside is chapter 55, verses 1 to 23 and 68 to 78.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Glazed fritware with cobalt, enamelled and lustred decoration Fritware Enamels Cobalt Oxide Glazed Lustre-Painted
Fiziksel açıklama
Section of a mihrab (prayer-niche), fritware. It consists of two convex and arched tiles and two triangular ones, with floral ornament and Arabic inscriptions in relief, coloured blue and with similar flat decoration painted in brown, the whole painted with lustre and enamels; said to have been removed from the wall facing Mecca of a ruined shrine at Natanz (Iran), about fifty miles south of Kashan.
Üretim
dated AH 707 = AD 1307
