Tile
16th century-17th century (made)
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Border tile of earthenware painted in colours over a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Decorated with fruits and flowers springing from wavy parallel stems. On each side is a border filled in with a pattern of interlacing arabesques on a dark blue ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware painted in colours over a white slip and covered with a clear glaze |
| Brief description | Border tile of earthenware painted in colours over a white slip and covered with a clear glaze, Damascus, 16th century-17th century |
| Physical description | Border tile of earthenware painted in colours over a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Decorated with fruits and flowers springing from wavy parallel stems. On each side is a border filled in with a pattern of interlacing arabesques on a dark blue ground. |
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| Object history | This object was sold to the Museum in late 1896, through the Istanbul art-dealers Kevork Ispenian and Antoin Brimo (410 Grand Rue de Pera), as part of a larger consignment of ceramics, metalwork and woodwork. Caspar Purdon Clarke (then Director of the Art Museum) conducted the purchase, and described Ispenian as "the leading dealer in Pera" (V&A Archives). |
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| Accession number | 31B-1897 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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