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

Tile

ca. 1570 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Border tile of lead-glazed fritware, painted in colours on a white slip. Painted in red, green, dark blue and turquoise-blue, outlined in olive-green with a border of cresting.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Brief description
Border tile, fritware, painted in colours on a white slip, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1570.
Physical description
Border tile of lead-glazed fritware, painted in colours on a white slip. Painted in red, green, dark blue and turquoise-blue, outlined in olive-green with a border of cresting.
Dimensions
  • Length: 25.4cm
  • Width: 12.4cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Dudley B. Myers, Esq.
Object history
From the Pyali Pasha Mosque, Istanbul.
Production
label
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
781-1900

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Record createdMarch 20, 2009
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