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Title	Tile
Author	Unknown
Publication Place	Kashan (made) -
Subject	Flowers Phoenix Birds
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 20.3cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	675-1889
Record ID	675-1889
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star, fritware with moulded design and lustre decoration, Iran (Kashan), early 14th century.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware with moulded design and lustre decoration Fritware Moulded Lustre
Fiziksel açıklama	Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star, fritware. The central field is decorated in reserve against a ground of golden-brown lustre, and has a lightly moulded design of a flying phoenix against a ground of a branching tree. There is a small dab of turquoise pigment at the middle right of the tile. Around the edge is a border inscription in large cursive script, the letters outlined in lustre on a white ground, and the whole border painted over with cobalt blue.

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Tile

Author Unknown

Publication Place Kashan (made) -

Subject Flowers Phoenix Birds

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 20.3cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 675-1889

Record ID 675-1889

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star, fritware with moulded design and lustre decoration, Iran (Kashan), early 14th century.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware with moulded design and lustre decoration Fritware Moulded Lustre

Fiziksel açıklama Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star, fritware. The central field is decorated in reserve against a ground of golden-brown lustre, and has a lightly moulded design of a flying phoenix against a ground of a branching tree. There is a small dab of turquoise pigment at the middle right of the tile. Around the edge is a border inscription in large cursive script, the letters outlined in lustre on a white ground, and the whole border painted over with cobalt blue.