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Summary
Object
Frieze Tile with a Dragon
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| Title |
Frieze Tile with a Dragon |
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| Object type |
pottery ware / tile  |
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| Description |
English: The main field on this tile bears a dragon with its head turned back and a flaming pearl between its open jaws. The ground is filled with cloud scrolls reserved in lustre. Above it is a wide frie ... See full description on web site. |
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| Date | circa 1270 AD | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | stonepaste body with moulded relief decoration and lustre over an opaque glaze stained turquoise and cobalt blue | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Accession number |
POT 0790 (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) |
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| Place of creation |
Kashan |
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| References |
https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-frieze-tile-with-a-dragon-pot790/ (English) |
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Photograph
| Description | Frieze Tile with a Dragon |
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| Source | Khalili Collections |
| Author | Khalili Collections |
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Licensing
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| Media from the Khalili Collections uploaded by User:MartinPoulter (KC WIR) are released under CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO. | ||
   This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO license. Attribution: Khalili Collections / CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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| current | 14:58, 29 July 2021 | | 3,049 × 2,500 (444 KB) | MartinPoulter (KC WIR) | pattypan 20.04 |
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