15 juillet 2016
Star-shaped tile, Iran (probably Kashan), ca.1325
Star-shaped tile, fritware, painted in blue and metallic lustre with afronted birds and inscriptions, Iran (probably Kashan), ca.1325. Width: 20.95 cm; 112-1895 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2016.
Tile, fritware, of eight-point star shape, the border painted in cobalt blue with Naskh inscription with lustre, enclosing a design of afronted birds on a flowering branch scrolled lustre ground within an octagon.
Poem by Hafiz:
ای رای تو صحرای امل پیمودن/ تا چند بر آفتاب گل اندودن /
گر در دهن شیر شوی بهر طمع
اخر نه شکار گور خواهی بودن
A similar tile in the British Museum (OA G.1907.6-10.2) is dated AH.729/AD.1328
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