IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 17492 accession number: C.25-1934 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 13 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted under the glaze in blue and turquoise and over the glaze in lustre Shape: eight pointed star shaped tile with bevelled edges Upper surface: painted around the edge with a blue line. In the centre of the tile, two confronted birds are reserved on a lustred ground containing dots and palmettes. The birds are separated by a blue and turquoise cypress tree growing from a blue mound that overlies a fish, which is also reserved in lustre. Glaze runs over the edges unevenly\par Lower surface: undecorated. object type: fritware coated in a white glaze painted in blue, turquoise and lustre title: tile NOTES ----- type: history note value: From the collection of the late Henry Wallis. On the back there is a rectangular label printed in black 'LENT BY/' stamped in purple ' . WALLIS ESQ'/ printed in black 'No.' written in faded black ? ink '116'. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum creditline: Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17492 SUBJECTS ------------------- birds tree plants birds tree plants TECHNIQUES ---------- fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted under the glaze in blue and turquoise and over the glaze in lustre moulding CATEGORIES ------ category: fritware (stonepaste) DATING ------ creation date: 1350 - 1400 creation date earliest: 1350 creation date latest: 1400 culture: 13th Century, second half CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 0.9 dimension: Height units: cm value: 11.8 dimension: Weight units: g value: 132 dimension: Width units: cm value: 11.7 CITATIONS -------- The Godman Collection. Persian Ceramic Art Belonging to Mr F. DuCane Godman F.R.S., with examples from other collections. The Thirteenth Century Lustred Wall-Tiles Islamic Tiles The Art of the Islamic Tile --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/C_25_1934.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/mid_C_25_1934.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/C_25_1934.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/preview_C_25_1934.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels