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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tile

ca. 1420-1450 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Damascus (made)

Tile of glazed grey fritware, hexagonal in shape, and painted with a leaf-shaped device outlined in olive-green, and filled in with blue scrolls. The whole is surrounded by turquoise-blue and olive green bands.


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Fritware with polychrome underglaze painting
Fritware
Glaze
Painting
Glazed
Brief description
Tile of glazed grey fritware, hexagonal in shape, and painted, Damascus, ca. 1420-1450.
Physical description
Tile of glazed grey fritware, hexagonal in shape, and painted with a leaf-shaped device outlined in olive-green, and filled in with blue scrolls. The whole is surrounded by turquoise-blue and olive green bands.
Dimensions
  • Width: 18.1cm
Style
Mamluk
Subjects depicted
Leaves
Scrolls
Bibliographic references
  • Carswell, John. Some fifteenth century hexagonal tiles from the Far East. London : Victoria & Albert Museum Yearbook, No. 3, 1972, pp. 59-75.
  • Carswell, John. Six Tiles. In: Richard Ettinghausen, ed. Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1972. pp. 99-124.
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
423-1898

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Record createdMarch 16, 2009
Record URL
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