Tile with depiction of a cenotaph

Details

• Title

  Tile with depiction of a cenotaph

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  12th century (1101 - 1200)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with decoration carved through a black slip under a green glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  carved;

  glazed

• Object type

  architecture › tile

• Dimensions

  37.1 x 28.4 x 2.3 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.1547

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