Tile

Description

Large wall tile painted in black with the portrait of the fourth century Sassanian ruler Ardashir, framed in a foliage border: Middle East, Iran, probably Tehran, c1900

Museum reference

A.1990.202

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tile

Production information

Tehran, Iran, West Asia

Date

c. 1900

Materials

Clay

Physical description

Clay; composite body paste of ground flint and orange clay; painted in white clay slip and shades of sepia and black

Associations

Depicted: Ardashir

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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