Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. C3423

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1958
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XXI
C3423

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C3423

Moulded relief decorated tile
Fired clay
Mould

Late 12th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a dark green monochrome square tile, in the shape of regular hexagon, with lightly oblique edges, cut downward. Some spots of the front surface peeled, with the flaking of both slip and glaze. The rear surface is uneven and rough. Moulded relief decoration representing a passant quadruped, probably a felid, in profile, facing the dexter side. The central motif is framed by an octagonal fillet whose sides extended so as to meet those of the nearby tiles, and form a geometrically intertwining pattern.

Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”
Neg. no.: –
Digital photos: G. Di Flumeri, 2000
Drawings: –