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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Yesil Türbe (found) Iznik (made)

Tile of earthenware, decorated in colours with portion of a compartment, enclosing an ogee-shaped device with floral designs, symmetrically arranged, glazed in the cuerda seca technique. There are traces of gilding.

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Categories	Ceramics Tiles
Object type	Tile
Materials and techniques	Earthenware, glazed in the <i>cuerda seca</i> technique and gilt Earthenware Cuerda Seca Painted
Brief description	Tile, earthenware glazed in the cuerda seca technique and gilt, from the Yesil Türbe (Green Tomb) at Bursa, built for the Osmanli Sultan Çelebi Mehmed I (1413-1421), made in Turkey (Iznik), 15th century
Physical description	Tile of earthenware, decorated in colours with portion of a compartment, enclosing an ogee-shaped device with floral designs, symmetrically arranged, glazed in the cuerda seca technique. There are traces of gilding.
Dimensions	Length: 32.1cm (Note: Unframed tile dimension?) Width: 27.3cm (Note: Unframed tile dimension?) Height: 39cm (Note: Framed dimension taken October 2018) Width: 34.6cm (Note: Framed dimension taken October 2018) Depth: 7.2cm
Marks and inscriptions	Transliteration .
Object history	From the Yesil Türbe (Green Tomb) at Bursa, built for the Osmanli Sultan Çelebi Mehmed I (1413-1421).
Production	Register
Subject depicted	Floral Patterns
Collection	Middle East Section
Accession number	1617-1892

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Record created	April 14, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224361/tile-unknown/

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