Muqarnas Tile

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Muqarnas Tile

Uzbekistan, Samarqand, late 14th century
Ceramics
Earthenware, glazed
12 x 7 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (30.48 x 18.57 x 13.97 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by the AMEC Council’s “Around Iran” Trip, 2014 (M.2014.40)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Specifically associated with Islamic architecture, the muqarnas is a three-dimensional decorative element that resembles a honeycomb or stalactite....
Specifically associated with Islamic architecture, the muqarnas is a three-dimensional decorative element that resembles a honeycomb or stalactite. From the twelfth-century onward, muqarnas were typically used to decorate entrance portals and especially interior spaces in and around domes. Although a modular unit now separated from its original architectural context, this glazed ceramic muqarnas tile still alludes to the stunning effect it would have had when multiplied within larger ensembles with the play of light and shadow across its projected and recessed surfaces.
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Bibliography

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Arts from the Land of Timur: an Exhibition from a Scottish Private Collection. Paisley: Sogdiana Books, 2012.

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Arts from the Land of Timur: an Exhibition from a Scottish Private Collection. Paisley: Sogdiana Books, 2012.
  • Christie's London. Islamic Art and Manuscripts. April 26, 2005, p. 89. [auction catalog].
  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
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