Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1358
Publication Place
Bukhara (made) -
Subject
Star Interlacing
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
In frame height: 24.4 cm, In frame width: 36.1cm, In frame depth: 6.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
576 to E-1900
Record ID
576 to E-1900
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1358
Notes
These tiles formed a section of an ornamental frieze set over the doorway to a magnificent tomb. The tiles were deeply carved with inscriptions and other ornament and covered with coloured glazes before the final firing. This impressive technique was used in Central Asia only for a brief period, from around 1350 to the early 15th century. The tomb was that of Buyanquli Khan, a Muslim descendant of the great Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. For a time he was the puppet ruler of parts of Central Asia. He was assassinated by a local warlord in 1358 when he tried to assert his own authority. Buyanquli's tomb was built in a cemetery on the outskirts of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. The entire building was covered in tiles, inside and out.
Sample Text
Transliteration .
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Earthenware, glazed and carved Earthenware Enamel Carved Modelled Glazed
Parçalar
Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile
Fiziksel açıklama
Panel of tiles of rectangular form, deeply carved with interlacing star-shaped motifs around a central split palmettes pattern, decorated with with turquoise, white, lavender-blue and manganese-purple glazes, set within turquoise borders and mounted within modern wooden frames.
Üretim
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