Tile
about 1750 (made)
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Tile of fritware, square, painted in colours on a white ground, with an ornamental panel in the centre, decorated with a diaper pattern of lozenges enclosing dots and with a cherub's head in each corner.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Tile, square, fritware, polychrome painted in the Rococo style, Turkey (Kütahya), about 1750 |
| Physical description | Tile of fritware, square, painted in colours on a white ground, with an ornamental panel in the centre, decorated with a diaper pattern of lozenges enclosing dots and with a cherub's head in each corner. |
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| Object history | This item was acquired as part of a consignment of 111 tiles of various types that was assembled from purchases made by Caspar Purdon Clarke, Assistant Director of the museum, then called the South Kensington Museum, while he was in Istanbul in 1893. The vendors are named as Kevork Kelekian and J. Moisé of the Grand Bazaar, and M. Gherson and J. Eskenazi of the Rue Péra (now İstiklâl Caddesi). The total price was recorded as £27.19s.9d, and the consignment was accessioned as 1308 to 1353-1893. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Note: There is a similar tile in the collection of the Pera Museum, Istanbul, see Hülya Bilgi, Suna and Inan Kiraç Foundation, Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics Catalogue, Istanbul, 2006, cat. no. 60. |
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| Accession number | 1322-1893 |
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| Record created | April 16, 2009 |
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