Persian Kashan Calligraphic Lustre Pottery Tile Fragment, Ilkhanid Period, Late 13th Century
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Persian Kashan Calligraphic Lustre Pottery Tile Fragment, Ilkhanid Period, Late 13th Century

2,200 €

A Persian Kashan calligraphic lustre pottery tile fragment from the Ilkhanid period, late 13th century.

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A moulded fritware (stonepaste) tile fragment with golden-brown lustre decoration, cobalt blue enamel, and turquoise highlights. The centrepiece features raised calligraphic script painted in cobalt blue against a metallic lustre ground decorated with fine white scrollwork and tiny spiral motifs. The calligraphic band is framed by turquoise-glazed raised ribs, flanked above and below by relief-moulded borders showing scrollwork and stylised birds.

Persia (Kashan). Ilkhanid Period, late 13th century (circa 1270–1300).

H_3 cm W_12 cm

Good condition for a fragment; typical edge loss and surface patina.

During the Ilkhanid period in medieval Persia, the city of Kashan was the major centre for producing luxury lustreware ceramics. Master potters created complex moulded architectural frieze tiles and star-shaped wall tiles for palaces, mosques, and shrines. These tiles featured Quranic verses or Persian poetic inscriptions raised in relief and highlighted with rich cobalt blue and turquoise glazes over metallic lustre glazes.

This piece demonstrates 13th-century Persian ceramic art, combining raised Thuluth-style calligraphy, metallic lustre glaze chemistry, and a cobalt-turquoise colour palette.

Dimensions 12 × 3 cm

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