Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
      
      
        Inv. no. C3424
      
    Glazed ceramic tiles
      IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1958
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XXI
    Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XXI
Moulded relief decorated tile
Fired clay
Mould
4.6x4.3 cm
Late 12th - early 13th c.
Fragment of a russet monochrome hexagonal tile, in the shape of regular hexagon. Small spots of the front surface peeled, with the flaking of both slip and glaze. The rear surface is quite even and smooth, with two grooves. Moulded relief decoration representing a bud with leaves, belonging to the pattern with a central equilateral triangle, from which there sprout six shoots with buds, alternately bare or with two leaves at the base. The central motif is framed by a simple fillet. 
Current location: Kabul National Museum
        Current location: Kabul National Museum
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Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2004; E. Monti, 2006
Drawings: –
        Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2004; E. Monti, 2006
Drawings: –

