A large Kashan lustre pottery frieze tile, Iran, circa 1300

of square form moulded in relief with an opacified tin glaze enhanced with copper green and cobalt blue over-decorated in lustre with a monumental inscription in naskh against a ground of leaves and scrolls, raised arabesque border above, a minor band below

inscription

undeciphered

Comparable tilework was made for the shrine at Natanz of which examples can be found in a number of public and private collections, including one in the Victoria and Albert Museum dated Shawwal 707 / March 1308 (Watson 1985, p.139, no.116).