Tile
1550-1600 (made)
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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.
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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. |
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Accession number | 1638B-1892 |
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Record created | April 14, 2009 |
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