Tile
about 1450 (made)
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Tile, hexagonal, glazed fritware, painted in black with interlacing floral, leaf and tendril designs symmetrically arranged, under a transparent green glaze, and gold
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, underglaze painted, gold |
| Brief description | Tile, fritware, hexagonal, painted in black with foliate interlaced designs under a green glaze, Turkey, mid-15th century |
| Physical description | Tile, hexagonal, glazed fritware, painted in black with interlacing floral, leaf and tendril designs symmetrically arranged, under a transparent green glaze, and gold |
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| Object history | The leaves and tendrils of this type of Moresque were developed from the scrolls and palmettes of the ancient Greeks and Romans |
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| Bibliographic reference | Porter, Venetia, Islamic Tiles, London, BMP, 1995, pl. 5.
Lane, Arthur. A guide to the collection of tiles London: Victoria and Albert Museum, published under the authority of the Board of Education, 1939 (Printed by the Shenval Press), p. 17. |
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| Accession number | 1038B-1892 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2005 |
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