Hexagonal tile with a green glaze and inscription
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1400 - c. 1599
Hexagonal quartz-fritware tile. On a ground of thick green glaze, a border in lustre running parallel to the perimeter has been applied, containing an inscription in Arabic characters: 'In den naam van Allah, barmhartig en mededogend.
Allah is één. Hij is de God tot wie alle wezens zich richten met hun noden. Hij heeft niet verwekt en is niet verwekt. Hij heeft geen gelijke in wie ook.' (Koran ch. 112). In the centre are the names of the Twelve Imams. Originating from the palace of Selim II at Anetrinopel. The metallic lustre has become almost entirely dull, so that the inscriptions are only visible under certain angles of light. Damaged at the corners.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-11792; its record gives material recorded as glaze, earthenware, luster (textile), quartz; technique vitrification, paint, fired, formed; measurements height 1.5 cm x diameter 13 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- glaze, earthenware, luster (textile), quartz
- Technique
- vitrification, paint, fired, formed
- Measurements
- height 1.5 cm x diameter 13 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 1.5 cm x diameter 13 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Zeskantige tegel met een groen glazuur en opschrift
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-11792
- Museum classification
- tile
Catalogue references
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