Frieze Tile with Two Hunters

Unknown

second half 13th century · Stonepaste; molded, inglaze painted in blue and turquoise, luster-painted on opaque white glaze · Islamic Art

This frieze tile is molded in low relief and painted in luster over an opaque white ground with accents of turquoise and cobalt blue. The background presents a lush landscape of vegetal motifs and birds in flight, while in the foreground two horsemen stab a deer with their swords. The figures wear luxurious clothes, and the artist has taken care to depict different textile patterns on each. Luster tiles of similar quality, color scheme, and motifs decorated the palace at Takht-i Sulaymän, an important Ilkhanid imperial residence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half 13th century

Medium

Stonepaste; molded, inglaze painted in blue and turquoise, luster-painted on opaque white glaze

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Gift of George Blumenthal, 1910