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Tile
- Place of origin:
Turkey (made)
Iznik - Date:
ca. 1550-1600 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
- Museum number:
398-1900
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 28, shelf 8, box 1
Physical description
Border tile of glazed grey fritware, painted in colours on a white slip. Painted in red and shades of blue, outlined in olive-green with a palmette, serrated leaves, and two half rosettes on scrolled stems, all on a blue ground. Along the top is a border of cresting, while the lower edge is bevelled and decorated with a band of fret pattern.
Place of Origin
Turkey (made)
Iznik
Date
ca. 1550-1600 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Dimensions
Length: 30.2 cm, Width: 21.9 cm
Object history note
Bought from the Myers Collection.
Descriptive line
Border tile, fritware, painted in colours on a white slip, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1550-1600
Production Note
register
Materials
Fritware; Glaze; Slip
Techniques
Glazed; Painted
Subjects depicted
Rosette; Leaves; Serrated; Frets (patterns); Scroll; Palmette; Stems
Categories
Ceramics; Tiles
Collection
Middle East Section