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

Tile Panel

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

Panel of four border tiles of glazed fritware painted in colours on a white slip. Painted in colours outlined in olive-green and with cresting filled in with arabesque ornament. Along the bottom is a border of fret pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Brief description
Panel of four border tiles of glazed fritware painted in colours on slip, Turkey (Iznik), second half of 16th century
Physical description
Panel of four border tiles of glazed fritware painted in colours on a white slip. Painted in colours outlined in olive-green and with cresting filled in with arabesque ornament. Along the bottom is a border of fret pattern.
Dimensions
  • Length: 107.9cm
  • Width: 24.4cm
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
438 to C-1900

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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