Frieze tile with hound and stag

Details

• Title

  Frieze tile with hound and stag

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  late 13th century

• Material and technique

  fritware, with moulded decoration under an opaque white glaze, painting in blue and turquoise under a transparent glaze, and overglaze painting in lustre

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  formed › moulded;

  glazed;

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  architecture › tile;

  architecture › frieze

• Dimensions

  29.3 x 28.5 x 2.2 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.

  EA1978.1546

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