Tile with Musician and Dancer

This rectangular ceramic tile depicts an outdoor scene featuring a musician and a dancer. The lower, primary section presents the two central figures set against a deep blue, foliage-filled background bordered by stylized floral motifs. On the left, a seated figure dressed in turquoise plays a stringed instrument, while on the right, another figure poses gracefully in patterned attire. Between them rests a small vessel and cups. The upper frieze shows a symmetrical decorative register of birds and scrolling floral tendrils centered on a flower blossom against a white ground.

Crafted from fritware with molded relief decoration, the tile is painted underglaze in black, turquoise, cobalt blue, and brownish-purple. It measures 27.7 × 21.6 × 2.8 cm (10 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 1 1/16 in.) and originates from 19th-century Iran, specifically attributed to Tehran or Shiraz during the Qajar dynasty (1796–1925).