Tile from an Inscriptional Frieze

early 14th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 455

This frieze tile bears a Qur’anic inscription set in modeled relief against a pattern of scrolls and dense foliage, with lotus blossoms on a vegetal background above. Inscriptional friezes composed of tiles like this example were often set at eye level above dados of stars and crosses in palaces, mosques, and mausoleums.

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Provenance

Title: Tile from an Inscriptional Frieze
Date: early 14th century
Geography: Made in Iran, Kashan
Medium: Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled
Dimensions: H. 14 in. (35.6 cm)
W. 14 in. (35.6 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Tiles
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
Object Number: 08.110.20
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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