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

Tile

1520-1550 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile, fritware, hexagonal, painted in shades of blue and turquoise under a clear glaze, with a symmetrical design of palmettes, arabesques and flowers on interlaced leafy stems.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with underglaze painting
Brief description
Tile, hexagonal, fritware with underglaze painting in shades of blue and turquoise, Turkey (Iznik), 1520-1550
Physical description
Tile, fritware, hexagonal, painted in shades of blue and turquoise under a clear glaze, with a symmetrical design of palmettes, arabesques and flowers on interlaced leafy stems.
Dimensions
  • Width: 22.2cm
  • Diameter: 25.4cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. Arnold Foster
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Associated object
507-1900 (Object)
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.32-1953

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Record createdApril 17, 2009
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