Tombstone Tile
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), dated 1486 (891 AH)
This funerary object is an arched, rectangular tombstone tile made in Kashan, Iran, during the Timurid dynasty. Dated to 1486 (891 AH), the piece is executed in fritware and lusterware, decorated by painting in luster and blue over an opaque white glaze. It measures 36.9 × 24.7 × 3.2 cm (14 1/2 × 9 11/16 × 1 1/4 in.).
The architectural composition features a recessed central niche framed beneath an arch and pointed finial, surrounded by raised borders. Elaborate calligraphic inscriptions in Arabic script fill both the primary panel, the arched crest, and the outer framing borders, rendered in golden-brown luster against the white glazed ground with blue outlines and decorative flourishes in the spandrels.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Lusterware, fritware painted in luster and blue over an opaque white glaze
- Dimensions
- 36.9 × 24.7 × 3.2 cm (14 1/2 × 9 11/16 × 1 1/4 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Iran, Kashan
- Place recorded
- Iran
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Art Institute of Chicago collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Tombstone Tile
- Museum object number
- 1916.145
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.