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Title	Capital
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1358
Publication Place	Bukhara (made) -
Subject	Scrollwork Quatrefoils
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 34.4cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	586-1899
Record ID	586-1899
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1358
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, glazed Earthenware Glazing
Fiziksel açıklama	Earthenware capital, separated from the fragment of a cylindrical column shaft by a simple moulding. The capital has two faces set at a right angle to one another. The ceramic surfaces are covered with dense and quite small-scale, deeply and precisely carved decoration showing dense patterns of leafy scrollwork, framed by bands which are either plain or set with rows of small quatrefoils. Coloured with white, turquoise, blue and black glazes.

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Capital

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1358

Publication Place Bukhara (made) -

Subject Scrollwork Quatrefoils

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 34.4cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 586-1899

Record ID 586-1899

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1358

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, glazed Earthenware Glazing

Fiziksel açıklama Earthenware capital, separated from the fragment of a cylindrical column shaft by a simple moulding. The capital has two faces set at a right angle to one another. The ceramic surfaces are covered with dense and quite small-scale, deeply and precisely carved decoration showing dense patterns of leafy scrollwork, framed by bands which are either plain or set with rows of small quatrefoils. Coloured with white, turquoise, blue and black glazes.