Tile
BackDescription:
Cross-shaped tile. Fritware (stonepaste); painted in blue, turquoise and lustre over an opaque white glaze. The decoration includes a hare and three dogs or foxes in reserve.
Object type: | tile |
Museum number: | G.231 |
Culture/period: | Ilkhanid dynasty, Persian |
Date: | 1260-1270 (circa) |
Production place: | Made in: Kashan (probably) |
Materials: | stonepaste |
Technique: | lustred, mould-made |
Dimensions: | Height: 20.30 cm Width: 20.00 cm Thickness: 1.40 cm |
Location: | 11 |
Exhibition history: | Exhibited: 2003 13 Apr-27 Jul, Los Angeles, Los Angelese County Museum of Art (LACMA), 'The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353' 2002-2003 5 Nov-16 Feb, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 'The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353' |
Subjects: | dog (?), flower |
Associated places: | Made for: Damghan (Mehr Nigar) - Imamzada (Imamzadeh) Ja`far |
Acquisition names: | Bequeathed by: Miss Edith Godman |
Acquisition date: | 1983 |
Curator's comments:
This tile (along with G.230 and G.232.1-2) is thought to belong to a group, a number of which are dated AH 664-5 / 1266-67 AD, once forming part of the architectural decoration of the Imamzada Ja`far at Damghan.
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