Tile From an Inscriptional Frieze, dated A.H. 707/A.D. 1308, From Iran, Natanz, Stonepaste; underglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white ground, modeled, H. 15 in. (38.1 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, This tile is one in a series which probably once formed a glittering inscriptional frieze encircling the walls of a 14th-century tomb pavilion located in Natanz, Iran. The cobalt-blue inscription is set against a field of scrolling vines, wherein tiny birds perch amongst leafy foliage, some alighting upon the letters themselves
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Tile, Inscriptional Frieze, dated .H, 707/.D, 1308, Iran, Natanz, Stonepaste, underglaze painted, blue, luster-painted, opaque white ground, modeled, H, 15, 38.1 cm, Ceramics-Tiles, tile, series, formed, glittering inscriptional, frieze, encircling, walls, 14th-century tomb, pavilion, located, cobalt-blue inscription, set, field, scrolling vines, wherein tiny, birds, perch, amongst, leafy, foliage, alighting upon, letters themselves
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