Tile
1870-1890 (made)
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Tile of white fritware, moulded in relief and painted in blue, manganese-purple and bluish-green, outlined in olive-green on a yellow ground with birds perching on a vine, and covered with a clear glaze.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware painted under the glaze and moulded |
| Brief description | Tile, fritware, moulded in relief and painted in colours; probably Tehran, Iran, circa 1870-90 |
| Physical description | Tile of white fritware, moulded in relief and painted in blue, manganese-purple and bluish-green, outlined in olive-green on a yellow ground with birds perching on a vine, and covered with a clear glaze. |
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| Object history | A paper label on the reverse is inscribed 'from Myers 1895', presumably Major William Joseph Myers (1858-1899), who collected Egyptian antiquities in Egypt between 1882 and 1899. |
| Production | register |
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| Accession number | 673-1900 |
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| Record created | March 19, 2009 |
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