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Tile with lustre-painted calligraphy

probably 14th century
Object Place: probably Iran

Medium/Technique Fritware (stonepaste), white slip with lustre
Dimensions Height x width: 10.5 × 18 × 2 cm (4 1/8 × 7 1/16 × 13/16 in.)
Credit Line John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession Number26.238
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCeramics
Tiles

DescriptionRectilinear tile. Yellow-luster painted over white slip; rounded arch with vegetal designs inside and under the spandrels, an inscription in Arabic in the center and along the bottom, arch surrounded on three sides by Arabic calligraphy and a thin strip of lustre along the edges