Tile
Tile
2nd quarter of 17th century (made)
2nd quarter of 17th century (made)
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This tile shows a strong affinity with contemporary Iranian tiles, and may have been made by Iranian craftsmen working in the Mughal empire in the mid-17th century. A pair of very similar ibexes is depicted on a tile panel in an Armenian church in Julfa, near Isfahan, the Safavid capital and one of the major centres of cuerda seca tile production.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Tile (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware decorated in cuerda seca |
| Brief description | Architecture, earthenware, enamelled, Lahore, C17 |
| Physical description | The tile has a yellow ground and shows two ibexes, one in blue with turquoise horns and the other behind in green with blue horns, in front of a tree trunk among blue flowering plants. |
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| Credit line | Mrs Whitaker, Constantinople |
| Object history | This tile shows a strong affinity with contemporary Iranian tiles, and may have been made by Iranian craftsmen working in the Mughal empire in the mid-17th century. A pair of very similar ibexes is depicted on a tile panel in an Armenian church in Julfa, near Isfahan, the Safavid capital and one of the major centres of cuerda seca tile production. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This tile shows a strong affinity with contemporary Iranian tiles, and may have been made by Iranian craftsmen working in the Mughal empire in the mid-17th century. A pair of very similar ibexes is depicted on a tile panel in an Armenian church in Julfa, near Isfahan, the Safavid capital and one of the major centres of cuerda seca tile production. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.1-1898 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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