Back to Search

Column

Title	Column
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1360
Publication Place	Uzbekistan (made) Bukhara (made) -
Subject	Islam Architecture Tiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 129.5cm, Width: 30cm, Depth: 24.4cm, Weight: 47kg
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	567&:1 to 5-1900
Record ID	567&:1 to 5-1900
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1360
Notes	This column once formed part of the magnificent decoration of a mausoleum. The mausoleum was built over the grave of a Mongol ruler called Buyanquli Khan. He was assassinated in 1358 and was buried at Fathabad near Bukhara (Uzbekistan). The domed mausoleum was completely covered with tilework on both the inside and the outside. This column was attached to the wall on one side of the entrance. A simple moulding separates the shaft, which is cylindrical, from the capital, which has two faces set at a right angle to one another. The decorators have covered the ceramic surfaces with dense and quite small-scale decoration. They carved the decoration deeply and precisely and then coloured it with white, turquoise, blue and black glazes. The main decoration consists of dense patterns of leafy scrollwork. These are framed by bands which are either plain or set with rows of small quatrefoils. The scrollwork on the shaft of the column is overlaid by looser networks of leafy stems, glazed in contrasting colours. On the upper section of the shaft a third level of decoration separates the scrollwork and bands.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Earthenware of bright yellow clay, carved and glazed
Parçalar	Column Base, Column, Column, Column, Column, Column
Fiziksel açıklama	Column with stylized scrolling foliage pattern in turquoise, pale green and brown, surmounted by band of different design, also of stylized scrolling foliage in turquoise, blue and white, between white paterae borders and brown bands.
Üslup	Chaghatayid

View in source Victoria and Albert Museum Victoria and Albert Museum - Ottoman library catalog search

Victoria and Albert Museum

Column

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1360

Publication Place Uzbekistan (made) Bukhara (made) -

Subject Islam Architecture Tiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 129.5cm, Width: 30cm, Depth: 24.4cm, Weight: 47kg

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 567&:1 to 5-1900

Record ID 567&:1 to 5-1900

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1360

Notes This column once formed part of the magnificent decoration of a mausoleum. The mausoleum was built over the grave of a Mongol ruler called Buyanquli Khan. He was assassinated in 1358 and was buried at Fathabad near Bukhara (Uzbekistan). The domed mausoleum was completely covered with tilework on both the inside and the outside. This column was attached to the wall on one side of the entrance. A simple moulding separates the shaft, which is cylindrical, from the capital, which has two faces set at a right angle to one another. The decorators have covered the ceramic surfaces with dense and quite small-scale decoration. They carved the decoration deeply and precisely and then coloured it with white, turquoise, blue and black glazes. The main decoration consists of dense patterns of leafy scrollwork. These are framed by bands which are either plain or set with rows of small quatrefoils. The scrollwork on the shaft of the column is overlaid by looser networks of leafy stems, glazed in contrasting colours. On the upper section of the shaft a third level of decoration separates the scrollwork and bands.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Earthenware of bright yellow clay, carved and glazed

Parçalar Column Base, Column, Column, Column, Column, Column

Fiziksel açıklama Column with stylized scrolling foliage pattern in turquoise, pale green and brown, surmounted by band of different design, also of stylized scrolling foliage in turquoise, blue and white, between white paterae borders and brown bands.

Üslup Chaghatayid