A FINE LARGE KASHAN COBALT-BLUE GLAZED MOULDED INSCRIPTION TILE, the main section with a bold naskh section of an inscription with elongated hastae, a panel above with moulded simurghs, plain band below, the whole covered with a superb rich cobalt-blue glaze, 13th century (glaze chipped on some raised areas, intact), associated metal stand

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A FINE LARGE KASHAN COBALT-BLUE GLAZED MOULDED INSCRIPTION TILE, the main section with a bold naskh section of an inscription with elongated hastae, a panel above with moulded simurghs, plain band below, the whole covered with a superb rich cobalt-blue glaze, 13th century (glaze chipped on some raised areas, intact), associated metal stand
16 3/8in. x 15 1/8in. (41.5cm. x 38.2cm.)

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The inscription is from the Qur'an, sura xxxvi, Ya Sin, v.71: [Have they not seen how We have created for them of Our handiwork the] cattle so that they (an'aman fa-hum la-ha) [are their owners].

An inscription tile almost certainly from the same composition is in the David Collection, Copenhagen, (Louisiana Revy, Vol.27, no.3, March 1987, no.135, p.93). That example, with phoenixes above and of identical size, has traces of gold and enamelled decoration over the glaze.

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