IDENTIFIERS
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id:	17479
accession number:	MAR.C.111-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 27 March 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted in blue under the glaze and lustre over the glaze
Shape: eight pointed star-shaped tile with bevelled edges
Upper surface: following the contours of the tile edge, an inscription is painted in lustre and bordered with blue or lustre lines. Painted in lustre in the centre of the tile, a palmette tree with leaves filled with dots and dashes, grows from a mound above a fish head; the ground is filled with lustre dashes. Glaze covers the surface and runs over the edges in sections. 
Lower surface: undecorated except for spots of glaze.
title:	tile

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17479


SUBJECTS
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calligraphy
plant
calligraphy
plant



TECHNIQUES
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fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted in blue under the glaze and lustre over the glaze
moulding

CATEGORIES
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category: fritware (stonepaste)

DATING
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creation date:	1250 - 1299
creation date earliest:	1250
creation date latest:	1299
culture:	13th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 1.1

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 15

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 280

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 14.8



CITATIONS
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Islamic Tiles
The Art of the Islamic Tile
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IMAGES

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surrogate: original
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