Tile Panel
1550-1600 (made)
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Panel of seven tiles. Four tiles are of glazed fritware painted in colours on a white slip. The remainder are restored in plaster. The panel bears the Arabic inscription in Naskhy characters 'In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful'. The inscription is reserved in white on a dark red ground, which is decorated with flowers and leaves on scrolling stems in dark blue and turquoise-blue. The whole design is outlined in black and at each end of the panel is a white border.
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Parts | This object consists of 7 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
Brief description | Panel, four glazed fritware tiles polychome painted,Turkey (Iznik), 1550-1600; and the remainder are restored in plaster |
Physical description | Panel of seven tiles. Four tiles are of glazed fritware painted in colours on a white slip. The remainder are restored in plaster. The panel bears the Arabic inscription in Naskhy characters 'In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful'. The inscription is reserved in white on a dark red ground, which is decorated with flowers and leaves on scrolling stems in dark blue and turquoise-blue. The whole design is outlined in black and at each end of the panel is a white border. |
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Object history | Bought from the Myers Collection. |
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Accession number | 429:1 to 7-1900 |
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Record created | March 18, 2009 |
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