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Four Tiles from a Frieze
Title	Four Tiles from a Frieze label QS:Len,"Four Tiles from a Frieze"
Object type	pottery ware
Description	English: The tiles bear an inscription from the surah Banu Isra'il (XVII, part of verse 13). The extraordinarily firm, rounded script is stencilled and the text, though a single line, is arranged in a z-formation, so that it appears as a two-line inscription linked by the giant ascenders of the lower words. It is written on a ground of fine spiral floret-scrolls, with the overlaps of scroll and lettering delicately indicated. ... see full description on web site
Date	circa 1550 date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium	stonepaste body, stencilled in black under a bottle-green glaze
Collection	Khalili Collections    Native name The Khalili Collections Location United Kingdom Coordinates 51° 30′ 39.83″ N, 0° 08′ 25.11″ W   Website www.khalilicollections.org  Authority file : Q63160499 institution QS:P195,Q63160499
Accession number	POT 1728 (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art)
Place of creation	Ottoman provinces, Syria or Palestine
References	https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-four-tiles-from-a-frieze-pot1728/ (English)

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