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Title	Tile
Publication Place	Kashan -
Subject	Palmettes Scroll-Work
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 18.8cm, Width: 39.8cm, Depth: 2cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	470-1888
Record ID	470-1888
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Rectangular tile of fritware, moulded, glazed and painted in turquoise, blue and lustre, Kashan, 13th century
Sample Text	Ø§ÙØºÛØ¨ Ù Ø§ÙØ´ÙØ§Ø¯Ù Translation ... the unseen and the visible... Note The main inscription is from surah 62, verse 8. The smaller inscription above this is from the surah al-Rahman (55, verses 26 to 31), and that below is from the surah al-Saba (34, verses 5 to 7).
Edebi referans	Qurâan
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware, moulded, glazed and painted in turquoise, cobalt blue and lustre Fritware Painted Glazed Moulded
Fiziksel açıklama	Tile, rectangular in shape, with a fritware body under a glaze that appears white; part of a frieze with a moulded inscription in Arabic ( al-ghayb wa 'l-shahadah ) and projecting bands above and below, which carry further inscriptions in Arabic; blue and turquoise pigments were painted into the glaze before firing, and lustre was painted over the glaze after the initial firing; the main, moulded inscription is in a large thuluth hand and is painted in blue with outlines in lustre and white; it is set against a lustre ground; two patterns of scrollwork, one running over the other, are reserved in the lustre; the first, much larger pattern is painted in turquoise, with details in lustre, and consists of scrolling stems set with split palmettes; the smaller, much denser pattern is of scrollwork elements in white; the projecting bands above and below are white, framed in white outlined in lustre (inner sides) and in lustre (outer sides); the inscriptions on the two bands were executed in lustre, in a sub-calligraphic naskh hand; the styles of script ( thuluth and naskh ) are characteristic of the Kashan potters.

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Tile

Publication Place Kashan -

Subject Palmettes Scroll-Work

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 18.8cm, Width: 39.8cm, Depth: 2cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 470-1888

Record ID 470-1888

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Rectangular tile of fritware, moulded, glazed and painted in turquoise, blue and lustre, Kashan, 13th century

Sample Text Ø§ÙØºÛØ¨ Ù Ø§ÙØ´ÙØ§Ø¯Ù Translation ... the unseen and the visible... Note The main inscription is from surah 62, verse 8. The smaller inscription above this is from the surah al-Rahman (55, verses 26 to 31), and that below is from the surah al-Saba (34, verses 5 to 7).

Edebi referans Qurâan

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, moulded, glazed and painted in turquoise, cobalt blue and lustre Fritware Painted Glazed Moulded

Fiziksel açıklama Tile, rectangular in shape, with a fritware body under a glaze that appears white; part of a frieze with a moulded inscription in Arabic ( al-ghayb wa 'l-shahadah ) and projecting bands above and below, which carry further inscriptions in Arabic; blue and turquoise pigments were painted into the glaze before firing, and lustre was painted over the glaze after the initial firing; the main, moulded inscription is in a large thuluth hand and is painted in blue with outlines in lustre and white; it is set against a lustre ground; two patterns of scrollwork, one running over the other, are reserved in the lustre; the first, much larger pattern is painted in turquoise, with details in lustre, and consists of scrolling stems set with split palmettes; the smaller, much denser pattern is of scrollwork elements in white; the projecting bands above and below are white, framed in white outlined in lustre (inner sides) and in lustre (outer sides); the inscriptions on the two bands were executed in lustre, in a sub-calligraphic naskh hand; the styles of script ( thuluth and naskh ) are characteristic of the Kashan potters.