Tile from an Inscriptional Frieze

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.

Tile from an Inscriptional Frieze, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled

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Tile from an Inscriptional Frieze, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled
Tile from an Inscriptional Frieze, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled
Tile from an Inscriptional Frieze, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled

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