Permanent collection
Moulded Tile with Calligraphic Script
- Year
- 1350
- Medium
- Glazed earthenware
- Accession
- PO.352.2004
- Status
- On display
A moulded glazed earthenware tile bearing calligraphic script, made in Samarqand in the Timurid period, circa 14th century CE (8th century AH). The tile reflects the architectural ceramics that adorned the monuments of Timurid Samarkand and the ingenuity of builders working with earth and brick, the focus of the Building Earth and Empire section of Uzbekistan: Heritage in Motion. Accession number PO.352.2004.