Tile
1825-1850 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The tile was in the collection of James Bandinel (1783-1849), a civil servant in the Foreign Office, and purchased by the South Kensington Museum in 1853. The tile was probably intended as part of a continuous dado wall. The slightly muddy palette, may suggest it was misfired. It is possibly the earliest Qajar tile in the Museum's collection.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware: buff clay mixed with ground flintstone.
Glazed: thick tin-opacified, opaque white glaze painted, with outlines painted in black. Possibly misfired. |
| Brief description | Tile, glazed earthenware, border design of pointed medallion and floral scrolls with lotus and roses, possibly Tehran, Iran, 1825-1850 |
| Physical description | Tile for a border, square, design , design of a bouquet of flowers, including a rose in a lobed medallion outlined in yellow and an open stylised lotus flower with scrolling foliage and smaller flowerheads between yellow line guard bands or borders, all on a muddy dark green ground, the details in a slightly muddy palette of dark green, ochre yellow, rust red. The reverse much eroded. |
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| Object history | The tile was in the collection of James Bandinel (1783-1849), a civil servant in the Foreign Office, purchased by the South Kensington Museum in 1853. The tile was probably intended as part of a continuous dado wall. The slightly muddy palette, may suggests it may have been misfired. It is possibly the earliest Qajar tile in the Museum's collection, there was also a Safavid tile acquired from Bandinel (182-1853). The design of this tile is somewhat transitional, having integrated Western motifs such as the roses and spray of flowers. |
| Summary | The tile was in the collection of James Bandinel (1783-1849), a civil servant in the Foreign Office, and purchased by the South Kensington Museum in 1853. The tile was probably intended as part of a continuous dado wall. The slightly muddy palette, may suggest it was misfired. It is possibly the earliest Qajar tile in the Museum's collection. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 187-1853 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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