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

Tile

second half of 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile of glazed grey fritware, painted in colours on a white slip. Painted in red, shades of blue and green with part of a palmette-shaped compartment enclosing sprays of flowers and foliage, and to the right of which are a branch of a flowering tree, a tulip and a carnation.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Brief description
Tile of glazed grey fritware, painted in colours on a white slip, Iznik, second half of 16th century.
Physical description
Tile of glazed grey fritware, painted in colours on a white slip. Painted in red, shades of blue and green with part of a palmette-shaped compartment enclosing sprays of flowers and foliage, and to the right of which are a branch of a flowering tree, a tulip and a carnation.
Dimensions
  • Length: 23.5cm
  • Width: 23.5cm
Object history
Bought from the Myers Collection.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
413-1900

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Record createdMarch 18, 2009
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