Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Pottery:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Frtiware coated in a white glaze painted in blue and in red lustre
Fritware, mould made, glazed in white and painted in blue and in red lustre.
Shape: roughly square with slightly bevelled edges and decoration in relief
Upper surface: in a linear frieze on the upper edge and covering almost the remaining entire surface, floral sprays with pointed petals and leaves are reserved against a red lustre ground. Painted in blue and in relief, an inscription dominates the central section. On the lower edge a narrow band of dotted circles is reserved in lustre.
Lower surface: undecorated
Notes
History note: Purchased from Sassoon in 1921
Legal notes
Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael
Measurements and weight
Depth: 4 cm
Height: 30.5 cm
Weight: 4513 g
Width: 31.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1946)
by
Raphael, Oscar C.
Dating
15th Century, Mid
Production date:
circa
AD 1455
Note
Near identical tiles now in the V&A were made for an unidentified building sponsored by the Timurid ruler Abu Sa`id (d.1469)
School or Style
Timurid
Components of the work
Upper Surface
composed of
pigment
( blue)
oxide colours
( red lustre)
glaze
( white)
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Fritware, mould made, glazed in white and painted in blue and in red lustre
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: Persian inscription, probably designed by the calligrapher Nusratuddin Muhammad, moulded in original production of tile
- Text: thuluth script
- Location: Upper surface, central area
- Method of creation: Moulded in relief and painted in blue
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to the lower surface
- Text: border (printed in blue), 'Mr Arthur Lane of the V&A museum is doubtful as to this tile being genuine' (hand written in black)
- Location: Lower surface
- Method of creation: Printed, hand written in black
- Type: Label
Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to the lower surface
- Text: ‘Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge/Bequeathed by’ (printed), ‘Oscar Raphael Esq. / 1941 / Raphael Catalogue No. 40’ (hand written in black), ‘173-1946’ (hand written in pencil)
- Location: Lower surface
- Method of creation: Printed, hand written in black and pencil
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: OC.173-1946
Primary reference Number: 77613
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
