Tile from a Frieze

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 455

This stonepaste tile likely from the Ilkhanid summer palace of Takht-i Sulaiman contains a scene from the Shahnama. Possibly depicting the story of Bahram Gur returning to India with his bride, its main field bears a rider seated in a howda (carriage) on an elephant’s back, escorted by two haloed figures. The inscription along the bottom is illegible.

Tile from a Frieze, Stonepaste; overglaze luster-painted, molded

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Tile from a Frieze, Stonepaste; overglaze luster-painted, molded
Tile from a Frieze, Stonepaste; overglaze luster-painted, molded

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