IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 17483 accession number: C.6-X DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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 (C.3-5-X); this tile may be an odd one. title: tile LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17483 CATEGORIES ------ category: earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 1200 - 1400 creation date earliest: 1200 creation date latest: 1400 culture: 13th Century-14th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 1.8 dimension: Height units: cm value: 10.2 dimension: Width units: cm value: 10.3 CITATIONS -------- A Guide to the Collection of Tiles Kataloge des Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, II, Majolika Zilig: The Art of Moroccan Ceramics The Splendour of Islamic Calligraphy Paper Parchment Steel and Stone, Calligraphy and the Arts of Islam from the 8th to the 9th century ---