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Tile

1550-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile of glazed grey fritware, painted in colours on a white slip. Painted in red, green and blue outlined in olive-green with a repeating design consisting of flowers and serrated leaves on involuted stems.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Brief description
Tile, fritware, painted in colours, Turkey (Iznik), second half of 16th century.
Physical description
Tile of glazed grey fritware, painted in colours on a white slip. Painted in red, green and blue outlined in olive-green with a repeating design consisting of flowers and serrated leaves on involuted stems.
Dimensions
  • Length: 23.5cm (Individual tile)
  • Width: 23.5cm (Individual tile)
  • Height: 51.5cm (273-1902 to 273C-1902 framed)
  • Width: 51.5cm
  • Depth: 5cm (273-1902 to 273C-1902 framed)
Style
Object history
One of five tiles 273 to C, E-1902. Originally six tiles, bought from Mons. G. Duseigneur, Paris, for £23. 17s. 6d.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
273C-1902

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Record createdMarch 20, 2009
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