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Title	Tile
Author	Unknown
Publication Place	Kashan (made) -
Subject	Flowers Leaf Scrolls Birds
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 16.2cm, Height: 13.0cm, Depth: 1.6cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1497K-1876
Record ID	1497K-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Tile, fritware, slightly moulded and painted in overglaze enamels and gold leaf (mina'i ware), Iran (probably Kashan), early 14th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware, slightly moulded and painted in overglaze enamels and gold leaf Fritware Enamel Painted Glazed Gilt Moulded
Fiziksel açıklama	Tile in the shape of a cross, though the top and right arms are missing; fritware, decorated in the overglaze technique known as mina'i (from the Persian meaning 'enamelled'). The background is turquoise and the surface decoration is lightly moulded, and decorated in gold leaf with a vertical stem which branches into the right and left arms of the cross. Triangular-shaped leaves sprout from it, and at the centre of the tile is a flying bird (perhaps a duck).
Üretim	Inventory record

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Tile

Author Unknown

Publication Place Kashan (made) -

Subject Flowers Leaf Scrolls Birds

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 16.2cm, Height: 13.0cm, Depth: 1.6cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1497K-1876

Record ID 1497K-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Tile, fritware, slightly moulded and painted in overglaze enamels and gold leaf (mina'i ware), Iran (probably Kashan), early 14th century

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, slightly moulded and painted in overglaze enamels and gold leaf Fritware Enamel Painted Glazed Gilt Moulded

Fiziksel açıklama Tile in the shape of a cross, though the top and right arms are missing; fritware, decorated in the overglaze technique known as mina'i (from the Persian meaning 'enamelled'). The background is turquoise and the surface decoration is lightly moulded, and decorated in gold leaf with a vertical stem which branches into the right and left arms of the cross. Triangular-shaped leaves sprout from it, and at the centre of the tile is a flying bird (perhaps a duck).

Üretim Inventory record