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Title	Tile
Publication Place	Kashan Iran (made) -
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 13.5cm, Height: 5.9cm, Depth: 2.0cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	678-1900
Record ID	678-1900
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	The overglaze techinique known as Lajvardina, was mentioned in Abu al-Qasimâs treatise on ceramics (1301). Wares were executed in simple red, white, black, and gold leaf designs on a turquoise or a dark blue glaze. The designs were almost exclusively abstract and floral, especially tight scrolls. Lajvard (Persian: âlapis lazuli,â referring to the blue glaze used) may date from the late 12th century; with output increasing until about the mid-14th century.
İçerik açıklaması	Depiction of a hare (rabbit).
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware decorated in relief under a blue glaze, moulded and painted with white, red and gold Fritware Moulded Painted
Fiziksel açıklama	The top arm of a tile in the shape of a cross, fritware, decorated in the overglaze technique known as lajvardina (from 'lajvard', the Persian for 'lapis lazuli'), in which the background is a deep cobalt blue. The surface decoration is moulded with an elegant seated hare with its head turned back and its front paw raised and floral motifs. It is decorated in gold leaf with a stem with leaves branching off it and a round flower at the centre. At the top of the tile is a seated hare,. The outlines are in red, and the blue background is covered in small scrolls in a white pigment.
Üslup	Mongol Ilkhanid

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Tile

Publication Place Kashan Iran (made) -

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 13.5cm, Height: 5.9cm, Depth: 2.0cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 678-1900

Record ID 678-1900

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes The overglaze techinique known as Lajvardina, was mentioned in Abu al-Qasimâs treatise on ceramics (1301). Wares were executed in simple red, white, black, and gold leaf designs on a turquoise or a dark blue glaze. The designs were almost exclusively abstract and floral, especially tight scrolls. Lajvard (Persian: âlapis lazuli,â referring to the blue glaze used) may date from the late 12th century; with output increasing until about the mid-14th century.

İçerik açıklaması Depiction of a hare (rabbit).

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware decorated in relief under a blue glaze, moulded and painted with white, red and gold Fritware Moulded Painted

Fiziksel açıklama The top arm of a tile in the shape of a cross, fritware, decorated in the overglaze technique known as lajvardina (from 'lajvard', the Persian for 'lapis lazuli'), in which the background is a deep cobalt blue. The surface decoration is moulded with an elegant seated hare with its head turned back and its front paw raised and floral motifs. It is decorated in gold leaf with a stem with leaves branching off it and a round flower at the centre. At the top of the tile is a seated hare,. The outlines are in red, and the blue background is covered in small scrolls in a white pigment.

Üslup Mongol Ilkhanid