Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
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Categories
Description
Group of four earthenware tiles, mould made, carved decoration covered with brown, lustrous glaze
Shape: square tile with slightly bevelled edges
Upper surface: carved decoration covered with brown glaze comprises a frieze of calligraphy and split palmettes, framed by bands on the upper and lower edges.
Underside: remnants of plaster visible in small areas, otherwise undecorated
Notes
History note: Unknown
Legal notes
Date of acquisition and donor unknown
Measurements and weight
Depth: 1.8 cm
Height: 10.2 cm
Width: 10.4 cm
Dating
14th Century-16th Century
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1599
CE
Note
Similar friezes are in the Dar al-Batha Museum, the Madrash al Bu'naniyah, Madrash Bin Yusuf and Madrash al'Attarin all in Fez; the Jami'Sidi Bin Nasr in Tetuan; the adrash Abul Hasan al-Marini in Sale; the Dar al-Glawi in Marrakesh; the Dar al-Qasbah Museum in Tangiers. A tile from Sale is in the Louvre. A frieze in situ is at the Mausoleum of the Sultans of the Sa'adian Dynasty, Marrakesh. The inscription on this group of tiles is not the same as that on the Fitzwilliam's, which appears to have one or more tiles missing.
School or Style
Sa'dis
Components of the work
Upper Surface
composed of
glaze
( brown, lustrous, applied to carved decoration only)
Materials used in production
pinkish-buff
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Group of four earthenware tiles, mould made, carved decoration covered with brown, lustrous glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: cursive inscription carved directly onto tile surface
- Text: undeciphered
- Location: Upper surface
- Method of creation: Carved and glazed
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.3-X
Primary reference Number: 17480
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
