Tile: C.4-X

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

Tile

Categories

Earthenware

Description

Tile from calligraphic frieze or hizam. In group of four (C.3-6-X). Pinkish-buff earthenware, the upper surface covered with a black, lustrous glaze through which the background of the design has been cut away to reveal the bare body, leaving the glazed design in relief. Approximately square. A Nashki inscription continues over three tiles; the fourth tile may be an odd one.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 1.9 cm
Height: 10.1 cm
Width: 10.3 cm

Dating

13th Century-14th Century#
Circa 1200 CE - 1400 CE

Note

North Africa, Morocco

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.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of glaze ( black)
Design

Materials used in production

pinkish-buff Earthenware

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.4-X
Primary reference Number: 17481
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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