Model of typicalQashani tile work consists of floral and geometrical patterns.
Qashani orKashani is aPersian decorative art which had been popular inIran in the 16th to 18th century, and then moved toTurkey in the time of theOttomans with the transfer of many Persians artists to Turkey, becoming the basis for decorating the walls ofmosques, palaces, shrines and tombs. It is a square-shaped ceramic tile which uses Persian-like floral-depicting 4- or 6-sided glazed tiles, decorated with blue, cyan, green and sometimes red colors. The decoration is surrounded by fine black lines that make it stand out on its white floor. The tile work had often been decorated by the inscription, floral andgeometrical patterns. The inscription often providesQur'anic verses or sentences related to historical events written in Persian script. The plant often consists of natural flowers such as lily, cloves, roses and cypress trees. Geometrical patterns consists of different geometrical shapes and polygons. InMorocco, similar artistic technique is known aszillij. Its use has been widespread in the decoration of the walls of the buildings in the Ottoman era, and this mosaical feature can also be seen in theDome of the Rock inJerusalem. Kashi, the abbreviated form of Qashani, was also introduced toSindh,Kutch, andMultan where numerous examples of shrines and mosques embellished with blue, white and green tile work exist.[1]
A ceramic-tiled wall of Emarat-e Badgir building, Golestan Palace compound, Tehran, Iran
^ Leadless Decorative Tiles, Faience, and Mosaic: William James Furnival - 1904 - This style of decoration is called Kashani, after Kashan in Persia, one of the chief seats of earthenware manufacture .
