A FRAGMENT OF A MARINID TERRACOTTA TILE Morocco, 14th
A FRAGMENT OF A MARINID TERRACOTTA TILE Morocco, 14th - 15th century Of rectangular format, made in two parts, painted in black over a white slip ground now faded, covered in transparent glaze, the decoration consisting of a calligraphic band against a scrolling ground of vegetal tendrils, mounted on a black stand, 16cm x 10cm excluding the stand. The style and decorative vocabulary of this tile show strong similarities with the calligraphic tile panels at the Al-Attarine Madrasa, built by the Marinid sultan Abu Sa’id Uthman II between 1323 and 1325, suggesting an analogous country of origin and date.
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A FRAGMENT OF A MARINID TERRACOTTA TILE Morocco, 14th - 15th century Of rectangular format, made in two parts, painted in black over a white slip ground now faded, covered in transparent glaze, the decoration consisting of a calligraphic band against a scrolling ground of vegetal tendrils, mounted on a black stand, 16cm x 10cm excluding the stand. The style and decorative vocabulary of this tile show strong similarities with the calligraphic tile panels at the Al-Attarine Madrasa, built by the Marinid sultan Abu Sa’id Uthman II between 1323 and 1325, suggesting an analogous country of origin and date.
Notes: Islamic & Indian Art
