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

Tile

1330-1400 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Granada (made)

Glazed tile with a plaster backing.


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glazing
Brief description
Tile-mosaic, assemled from cut sections of fired, glazed earthenware slabs, Southern Spain, 14th century.
Physical description
Glazed tile with a plaster backing.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 29cm
Styles
Nasrid
Islamic Spain
Object history
Bought from the Riaño Collection. Ray (2000).
Bibliographic references
  • Graves, Alun. Tiles and Tilework of Europe. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2002, fig 2.2, pp28 & 30.
  • Mariam Rosser-Owen, Islamic Arts from Spain, London, 2010, p.55.
  • p.29 Al Khemir, Sabiha, Beauty and Belief. Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture, (Brigham Young University of Art, 2012), ISBN: 9780842528115
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
300-1870

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Record createdDecember 8, 2003
Record URL
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