A fine square ceramic tile moulded in relief with an elegant Thuluth script set against a scrolled stemmed background. The upper border moulded in relief with floral motifs, the whole outlined in cobalt-blue against a brown lustre and white ground.

Inscribed with Qur'an 48 ‘al-Fath’ (The Victory), part of verse 25:

أن يبلغ مخله

Kashan, Persia
Ilkhanid, 13th Century

Dimensions: 35 x 34 cm

Provenance:
Manzi Collection. France
1919

Comparisons:
The British Museum, museum no. G.195
The Victoria & Albert Museum, no.1485-1876

Literature:
A Survey of Persian Art: Volume IX, Alexander Upham Pope, 1938, pl. 275, Fig. E
Collection Manzi, Céramique, Galerie Manzi, Joyant et Cie, France, 1919, p.42, fig.179