1592990980000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-17497 1747159863147 1702908293000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-17497 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17497 2985f3f6-5543-3495-a121-a5c4d86719c0 5 reference term-117065 adlib-term-117065 e8b6d70e-fccf-30c9-b802-d0e7d5279820 fritware (stonepaste) lustre reference term-113656 adlib-term-113656 5b6197cf-eb3b-3574-8522-53b223cc4b49 oxide colours turquoise, blue reference term-31338 adlib-term-31338 592bb158-b2e6-372c-ab3a-42267397cb42 pigment white reference term-32652 adlib-term-32652 82d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7be glaze Upper Surface lustre reference term-120086 adlib-term-120086 cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5 painting overglaze turquoise, blue reference term-120109 adlib-term-120109 0ac0da43-b119-38cf-9afd-87a3520c8d17 painting underglaze reference term-27616 adlib-term-27616 61e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987 glazing (coating) reference term-58282 adlib-term-58282 e8aea193-be04-3716-b610-8a1e95b86eed plants Applied Arts fritware coated in a white glaze painted in blue and lustre fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted in blue and lustre Shape: roughly square tile with straight edges and decoration in relief. Upper surface: on the upper edge a wide symmetrical frieze of dotted palmettes and split leaves are reserved on a lustred ground incised with spirals and commas. Painted in blue across the centre of the tile, a tri-lobed arch contains a verse from the Shahnama reserved on a lustred background containing dotted trefoils. In the spandrels and below the arch, further lustre split leaves are painted on a background of lustre scrolls. On bottom edge a narrow chevron pattern is painted in lustre. Turquoise is spotted at points on the surface; lustre decoration and glaze spill over onto the edges. Lower surface: undecorated reference exhibition-2734 adlib-exhibition-2734 1800e676-9bf7-320c-b341-e63012a8d444 Opening of the Pembroke Centre for Persian Studies C.43-1924 1 accession number C.43-1924 17497 priref 17497 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17497 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17497 moulded in relief and painted across the centre of the tile in an arch painted in blue inscription rectangular paper label is adhered to the lower surface lower surface hand written in black 'Given1924 / Loaned by Cpt Hugh Calverley, June 1919’ label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given Mrs E.L. Calverley reference agent-154283 adlib-agent-154283 effd52d2-8b17-3c9f-818c-8454d0224268 Calverley, E.L., Mrs 1924 1912 1924-12 given Lent by Captain Hugh Calverley, June, 1919 1280 1280 CE 1280 circa 1280 1289 1 1289 CE 1289 circa 1289 potter reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown On accession the tile was considered to have possibly adorned walls of the palace at Takht –i Sulayman. This is not now thought to have been the case, because its upper border has not been recorded on any of the known tiles from that site. The Arabic inscription is from the Shahnama by Abu'l-Qasim Firdausi. reference term-106459 adlib-term-106459 55883722-eb7d-337d-8142-1e4dd006a934 13th Century, Late reference term-11099 adlib-term-11099 7f4f7ddd-d5c4-3932-92d4-d715ac249f87 literal Iran Iran country probably Kashan Kashan reference term-132868 adlib-term-132868 d45c9132-d36c-3f65-9828-c0f8b8ae2631 literal Iran Iran country possibly Takht –i Sulayman Takht –i Sulayman reference term-108851 adlib-term-108851 24e00e11-7f5d-3ad5-acda-1a5b13378105 fritware Depth cm 1.8 Height cm 29.2 Weight g 2722 Width cm 30 reference media-200428 adlib-media-200428 4b5f44f1-724c-3045-87d8-bf946af54dde jpeg aa/aa35/c_43_1924_1_201209_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 948 width pixels 1024 1702926592713 1 image jpeg aa/aa35/mid_c_43_1924_1_201209_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 463 width pixels 500 1702926592713 1 image jpeg aa/aa35/c_43_1924_1_201209_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 948 width pixels 1024 1702926592713 1 image jpeg aa/aa35/preview_c_43_1924_1_201209_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 231 width pixels 250 1702926592713 1 image 0 media image reference media-200429 adlib-media-200429 8b33196f-af2a-3d17-ab88-8a9a9c48db9b jpeg aa/aa35/c_43_1924_2_201209_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 978 width pixels 1024 1702926775770 1 image jpeg aa/aa35/mid_c_43_1924_2_201209_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 478 width pixels 500 1702926775770 1 image jpeg aa/aa35/c_43_1924_2_201209_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 978 width pixels 1024 1702926775770 1 image jpeg aa/aa35/preview_c_43_1924_2_201209_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 239 width pixels 250 1702926775770 1 image 1 media image reference term-30982 adlib-term-30982 952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5b tile object name reference term-128244 adlib-term-128244 87e93c4c-bc99-3e1c-9bb3-98d19d3f01f5 Islamic pottery category reference term-129652 adlib-term-129652 66ffe9ac-5359-3391-967c-dbaf030f5de5 lustre ware category frieze tile history note Possibly from the palace complex at Takht-i Sulayman; lent by Captain Hugh Calverley in June 1919; given by Mrs E.L. Calverley in December 1924. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Cf. tile with similar tri-lobbed arch see fig. 12 (p. 170). Ref. on Kashan tiles 167-174 reference publication-200002723 adlib-publication-200002723 bc93d95e-6053-3735-8c45-5c15689d2e57 Some Lustre Painted Tiles from Kashan, of the 13th and Early 14th Centuries Cf. .tile with similar tri-lobbed arch see figure 112 (p. 135). Ref. on lustre tiles 122-149 reference publication-1716 adlib-publication-1716 71c75fad-a8d6-3ec3-926c-f2bc7004339f Persian Lustre Ware Cf. tile with similar tri-lobbed arch and decoration on upper frieze see fig. 22 (p. 37). Ref. on Iranian tiles 32-61 reference publication-6459 adlib-publication-6459 e2a29ba8-d501-362a-9a82-da08cffff97d Islamic Tiles Cf. fig. 12 but with different inscription, a type that is derived from the Takht-i Sulayman model and probably of a similar date to those from the palace 17-20, 98 reference publication-7098 adlib-publication-7098 cbd1ab32-588f-37d6-a1a1-b8c82e61138b Les Frises Du Shāh Nāme Dans L'Architecture Iranienne Sous Les Ilkhān reference publication-200002849 adlib-publication-200002849 64b4b039-92d5-3d59-ba69-216fe5d502a5 IlKhanid Courtly Life reference term-9258 adlib-term-9258 e03410e1-6765-3689-81b5-359313a5af91 Il-Khanid plant reference term-30746 adlib-term-30746 c9b49335-33a0-3ee8-b9d3-3f1f3abc5414 foliage place type reference term-43048 adlib-term-43048 f25c2410-1ce9-306f-8aad-bf3dad68e1b2 arch literal foliage foliage literal arch arch

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