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Lustre-painted ceramic tiles
Lustre-painted ceramic tiles
Artist : Anonymous

Date : approx. between 1300 and 1330

Dimensions : 46 cm x 55 cm
Material : Ceramic
British Museum
Islamic art
Ground Floor - Section 34
Item 5 on 8
Oriental Antiquities - Islamic Art
Decorative element (Carreaux)

Area related
Kashan (Iran)



Description   

These four tiles are part of a longer frieze with an inscription written in Kufic script. It reads ('bism al)lah al-rahmān al-rahīm la 'ilah illa huwa al 'azīz al-hakīm' ('(in the name of) God the most merciful, the most compassionate, there is no god but Him, the all-powerful, the all-ruling').

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Lustre-painted ceramic tiles
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