Tile

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Tile

Iran or Central Asia, 15th century
Ceramics
Fritware, glazed, cut to shape and assembled as mosaic
Diameter: 23 1/2 in. (59.69 cm); Depth: 1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm)
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.19)
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

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This tile belongs to the period of Timurid rule in Iran and Central Asia (1370–1506). The last great dynasty to emerge from the Central Asian steppe, the Timurids sponsored buildings that were often constructed on an enormous scale and sheathed in an elaborate decorative skin of brilliant glazed tile. Since the primary structural material was dun-colored baked brick, the tiles provided colorful embellishment. Elements of the floral design of this tile were cut from glazed tiles of different colors and assembled as a mosaic; it was set in place on the exterior of a building, where it joined others as part of a larger, more complicated design.
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Bibliography

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  • 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.

  • 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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  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
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