Cross-shaped tile with vegetal and calligraphic decoration

Details

• Title

  Cross-shaped tile with vegetal and calligraphic decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran › Kashan (place of creation)

  Asia › Iran › Tehran › Varamin › Imamzada Yahya (original location)

• Date

  1262 (Muharram AH 661)
  Ilkhanid Period (1256 - 1353)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with painting in lustre over an opaque white glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  glazed;

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  architecture › tile

• Dimensions

  30.5 x 31.1 x 2 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1932.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.289.b

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