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Tile

Tile

  • Place of origin:

    Tunisia (made)
    Tunis (Qallaline suburb, made)

  • Date:

    19th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (made)

  • Museum number:

    1231:88-1883

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

Place of Origin

Tunisia (made)
Tunis (Qallaline suburb, made)

Date

19th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (made)

Object history note

Bought in Cairo for the South Kensington Museum (today the V&A), by Stanley Lane-Poole

Descriptive line

One of 170 tiles with different floral and geometrical patterns, some forming a kibleh to point out the direction of Mecca. From Cairo. Bought as 'South Italian, 18th (?) century' but more probably Tunisian, 19th century

Categories

Africa

Collection

Ceramics Collection

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