Wall tile

Description

Wall tile, panel of two pieces with moulded design of two pointed niche forms with a Qur'anic inscription and palmette branches and a pendant knot in the spandrels against a yellow lustre ground of foliage, fritware, painted under the glaze in cobalt blue and turquoise: Middle East, Iran, Natanz, 13th - 14th century

Museum reference

A.1888.121

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Wall tile

Production information

Natanz, Iran, West Asia

Date

13th - 14th century

Materials

Fritware

Physical description

Glazed earthenware with metallic lustre

Exhibitions

• Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland