Une belle journée dans Londres resplendissante sous ses décors de Noël, un froid vif qui me donne l'envie d'aller me réchauffer et pourquoi pas au British Museum qui se trouve à quelques enjambées d'où je me trouve ? Voici quelques uns des trésors dénichés...
Hexagonal tile with tiger stripes and triple spots under turquoise glaze
Damascus or Aleppo, late 16th century
Tile with stylised tree and composite flower
Damascus, late 16th century
Tankard after a european or balkan stiched leather prototype
Iznik, Ottoman Turkey, later 16th century
It is inscribed in Ottoman Turkish "the world is an inn. To him who passes through it and does not see (this) it is mad".
Calligraphic relief tile with turquoise glaze
Iran, 13th century
Bowl with kuficinscription that reads :"He who speaks, his speech is silver, but silence is a ruby, with good health and prosperity"
Iran, Samanid dynasty 10th century
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