Tile
ca.1425-50 (made)
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Tile, fritware, square, painted in underglaze cobalt blue, olive green, turquoise and reddish-brown over a white slip, the decoration consists of the arms of an Egyptian nobleman : per fesse azure and vert on a fesse gules, between Egyptian hieroglyphics Neb-tain-Rá, argent, signifying lord of the two lands in chief, and in base a lozenge argent, a cup azure bewtween two cups argent with arabesques vert. Each of the four corners of the tile contains a white floral device on a blue ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Cer, Syria, Mamluk, Polychrome - Tile, fritware, square, painted in underglaze colours with three chalices and an inscription; Syria (Damascus), ca. 1425-1450 |
| Physical description | Tile, fritware, square, painted in underglaze cobalt blue, olive green, turquoise and reddish-brown over a white slip, the decoration consists of the arms of an Egyptian nobleman : per fesse azure and vert on a fesse gules, between Egyptian hieroglyphics Neb-tain-Rá, argent, signifying lord of the two lands in chief, and in base a lozenge argent, a cup azure bewtween two cups argent with arabesques vert. Each of the four corners of the tile contains a white floral device on a blue ground. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Habra Bros, Great Portland Street, London. A similar tile is in the Archaeological Museum at Damascus (1937). |
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| Accession number | 683-1897 |
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| Record created | December 24, 2008 |
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