Panel / tile

Description

One of a panel of five tiles of enamelled earthenware bearing a continuous inscription in natural clay colour on a turquoise-glazed ground of incised scrolls: Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Buchara or Samarkand, c1350 - 1400

Museum reference

A.1900.155.2

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Panel / tile

Production information

Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Date

17th century

Materials

Earthenware

Physical description

Earthenware, enamelled; continuous inscription in natural clay colour on a turquoise-glazed ground of incised scrolls

Exhibitions

• Artistic Legacies (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Artistic Legacies (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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