15929609770001312637261000Standard Recordobject-77613170197596165016045075230001701975719084fitz-onlineadlib-object-77613https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/776133fb26c82-da9f-3712-aed6-bc3aa962aba05referenceterm-117065adlib-term-117065e8b6d70e-fccf-30c9-b802-d0e7d5279820fritware (stonepaste)referenceterm-117117adlib-term-11711705ad9d1c-9104-3003-b833-efcdfdad886eOscar Raphaelbluereferenceterm-31338adlib-term-31338592bb158-b2e6-372c-ab3a-42267397cb42pigmentred lustrereferenceterm-113656adlib-term-1136565b6197cf-eb3b-3574-8522-53b223cc4b49oxide colourswhitereferenceterm-32652adlib-term-3265282d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7beglazeUpper Surfacebluereferenceterm-120109adlib-term-1201090ac0da43-b119-38cf-9afd-87a3520c8d17painting underglazered lustrereferenceterm-120086adlib-term-120086cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5painting overglazewhitereferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)Applied Artsfrtiware coated in a white glaze painted in blue and in red lustrefritware, mould made, glazed in white and painted in blue and in red lustre.
Shape: roughly square with slightly bevelled edges and decoration in relief
Upper surface: in a linear frieze on the upper edge and covering almost the remaining entire surface, floral sprays with pointed petals and leaves are reserved against a red lustre ground. Painted in blue and in relief, an inscription dominates the central section. On the lower edge a narrow band of dotted circles is reserved in lustre.
Lower surface: undecoratedOC.173-19461accession numberOC.173-194677613priref77613urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77613https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77613Persian inscription, probably designed by the calligrapher Nusratuddin Muhammad, moulded in original production of tileupper surface, central areamoulded in relief and painted in bluethuluth scriptinscriptionrectangular paper label adhered to the lower surfacelower surfaceprinted, hand written in blackborder (printed in blue), 'Mr Arthur Lane of the V&A museum is doubtful as to this tile being genuine' (hand written in black)labelrectangular paper label adhered to the lower surfacelower surfaceprinted, hand written in black and pencil‘Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge/Bequeathed by’ (printed), ‘Oscar Raphael Esq. / 1941 / Raphael Catalogue No. 40’ (hand written in black), ‘173-1946’ (hand written in pencil)labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumBequeathed by Oscar Raphaelreferenceagent-166314adlib-agent-166314562eb90d-5610-39de-9b31-293b4c20dba6Raphael, Oscar C.194619461946bequeathedEntry date: 194614551455circa1455potteryreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownNear identical tiles now in the V&A were made for an unidentified building sponsored by the Timurid ruler Abu Sa`id (d.1469)referenceterm-118913adlib-term-118913da4525bb-b265-33e3-960f-8c1e70f808ea15th Century, Mid#referenceterm-108851adlib-term-10885124e00e11-7f5d-3ad5-acda-1a5b13378105fritwareDepthcm4Heightcm30.5Weightg4513Widthcm31.5referencemedia-50383adlib-media-50383cfc126bf-54bc-3151-99b7-2afab6cf89e2jpegaa/aa6/OC_173_1946.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162787696701imagejpegaa/aa6/mid_OC_173_1946.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162787696701imagejpegaa/aa6/OC_173_1946.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162787696701imagejpegaa/aa6/preview_OC_173_1946.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162787696701image0media
imagereferenceterm-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btileobject namereferenceterm-128244adlib-term-12824487e93c4c-bc99-3e1c-9bb3-98d19d3f01f5Islamic potterycategoryreferenceterm-129652adlib-term-12965266ffe9ac-5359-3391-967c-dbaf030f5de5lustre warecategoryhistory notePurchased from Sassoon in 1921referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumCf. near identical tiles in the V&A (C.26-1983) collection see figure number 130 (p. 159). Ref. on Timurid lustre157-163referencepublication-1716adlib-publication-171671c75fad-a8d6-3ec3-926c-f2bc7004339fPersian Lustre WareCf. near identical tiles from the V & A (C.26-1983) and another with similar decorative style in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (30.95.26). Ref. on Timurid tiles210-216referencepublication-7091adlib-publication-70918debbf4b-b499-3a23-9b8c-513c6501b230Timur and the Princely Vision: Persian Art and Culture in the Fifteenth Centuryreferenceterm-9259adlib-term-9259f713bd12-a780-36d9-9478-ef68246ec497Timuridreferenceterm-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btiletilefritware, mould made, glazed in white and painted in blue and in red lustrereferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingobject
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