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

Tile

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

Tile of fritware, painted in red, green, white and shades of blue with portion of an ogee-shaped compartment filled in with a flowering stem, and surrounded by scroll-work on a turquoise blue ground. The small borders above and below are decorated with wavy floral stems.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Brief description
Tile from a three-tile panel, fritware, polychrome underglaze decoration with foliate design, Turkey (Iznik), 1550-1600
Physical description
Tile of fritware, painted in red, green, white and shades of blue with portion of an ogee-shaped compartment filled in with a flowering stem, and surrounded by scroll-work on a turquoise blue ground. The small borders above and below are decorated with wavy floral stems.
Dimensions
  • Width: 22.9cm
  • Height: 24.4cm
Style
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1638B-1892

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Record createdApril 14, 2009
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