Tile
ca. 1550-1600 (made)
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Tile panel (4 tiles), fritware, consisting of a square and a rectangular tiles above two similar tiles framed to form a rectangular panel. The upper two tiles form a niche with carnations, tulips and flowerheads within spandrels painted with a cloud-scroll ground, and bordered on three sides with a naturalistic floral scroll on a red ground, the lower tiles with a similar border, but lack the spandrels, painted in cobalt blue, green, black and iron-red.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Tile panel (with 189:10-12-1881), fritware, decorated with foliate motifs in blue, black, green and red, Turkey (Iznik), 1550-1600 |
| Physical description | Tile panel (4 tiles), fritware, consisting of a square and a rectangular tiles above two similar tiles framed to form a rectangular panel. The upper two tiles form a niche with carnations, tulips and flowerheads within spandrels painted with a cloud-scroll ground, and bordered on three sides with a naturalistic floral scroll on a red ground, the lower tiles with a similar border, but lack the spandrels, painted in cobalt blue, green, black and iron-red. |
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| Accession number | 189:9-1881 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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