TWO ILKHANID POTTERY TILE FRAGMENTS WITH CALLIGRAPHY Probably Kashan, Iran,...
TWO ILKHANID POTTERY TILE FRAGMENTS WITH CALLIGRAPHY
Probably Kashan, Iran, 14th century
Of irregular form, decorated with a white moulded Persian calligraphic inscription outlined in black in reserve against a cobalt-blue ground, covered with a transparent glaze, mounted on modern stucco and framed.
Total including frame 20cm x 33.3cm
Ilkhanid-period ceramic tiles constitute one of the most refined expressions of architectural decoration in Mongol Iran. Produced mainly in the ceramic centres of Kashan, they were used to decorate walls, dadoes, mihrabs and friezes in both religious and palatial complexes. Inscriptions play a particularly important role. They are predominantly in Arabic or Persian and may contain Qur’anic verses, religious formulas, dates, dedications, the names of patrons or potters, as well as poetic verses. Here the inscription includes Shadi (joy).
For a similar example:
Metropolitan Museum New York, Acc. no. 1983.345.
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TWO ILKHANID POTTERY TILE FRAGMENTS WITH CALLIGRAPHY
Probably Kashan, Iran, 14th century
Of irregular form, decorated with a white moulded Persian calligraphic inscription outlined in black in reserve against a cobalt-blue ground, covered with a transparent glaze, mounted on modern stucco and framed.
Total including frame 20cm x 33.3cm
Ilkhanid-period ceramic tiles constitute one of the most refined expressions of architectural decoration in Mongol Iran. Produced mainly in the ceramic centres of Kashan, they were used to decorate walls, dadoes, mihrabs and friezes in both religious and palatial complexes. Inscriptions play a particularly important role. They are predominantly in Arabic or Persian and may contain Qur’anic verses, religious formulas, dates, dedications, the names of patrons or potters, as well as poetic verses. Here the inscription includes Shadi (joy).
For a similar example:
Metropolitan Museum New York, Acc. no. 1983.345.
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Time, Location
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