Tile Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada
| Title | Tile Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada |
|---|---|
| Date | ca. 1300 13th century |
| Medium | Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled |
| Classification | Ceramics-Tiles |
| Holding institution | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Gift of Otto H. Kahn, 1910 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Tile Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated ca. 1300. It is executed in stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled and classified as ceramics-tiles. In this archive it sits within the ornithological plates tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Dated to ca. 1300. Explore the wider set of works from the 13th century held in the archive.
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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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Rights: Public Domain — released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) via The Met Open Access.
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