IDENTIFIERS
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id:	71504
accession number:	C.1-1931

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 4 December 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Panel of four fritware tiles with moulded decoration covered in a blue or turquoise glaze.
Shape: four polygonal tiles (in bow-shape) and with bevelled edges are arranged around a trefoil shaped central tile.
Upper surface: on each tile vegetal or floral decoration radiates from a central point, in all but one example defined by a central rosette. The external polygonal tiles are covered with a turquoise glaze, which drips over the edges. The central tile is covered with a blue glaze
Underside: Undecorated except for rare drips of glaze. A plaster mount, which holds the panel together, occupies most of the surface.
object type: panel of four fritware tiles covered in a blue or turquoise glaze
title:	tiles

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
creditline: Given by N.A.C. Beddington, Trinity College

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71504





TECHNIQUES
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Panel of four fritware tiles with moulded decoration covered in a blue or turquoise glaze.
moulding

CATEGORIES
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category: fritware (stonepaste)

DATING
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creation date:	1260 - 1335
creation date earliest:	1260
creation date latest:	1335
culture:	13th Century, Late-14th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 1.6

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1130

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 25



CITATIONS
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Islamic Tiles
Early Persian Tilework: The Medieval Flowering of Kāshī
The legacy of Genghis Khan : courtly art and culture in western Asia, 1256-1353
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