Tile Panel
1381-2 (made)
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Four convex tiles from the drum of a dome, made of earthenware covered with coloured glazes. As now arranged, the tiles form a section of a two-dimensional arcade design, outlined in yellow (a full arch flanked by two half-arches). The spandrels of the arches have an interlace design in white on a black ground. The arches themselves are filled with arabesque decoration: an arrangement of four large half-palmettes formed from smaller half-palmettes rendered in white and dark-blue glazes is shown against a pattern formed from half-palmettes of the smaller size in turquoise and white, all against a dark-blue ground.
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Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Earthenware under coloured glazes applied in the <i>cuerda seca</i> technique |
Brief description | Set of four tiles from the drum of a dome, earthenware decorated with coloured glazes, probably Konya, 1381-2. |
Physical description | Four convex tiles from the drum of a dome, made of earthenware covered with coloured glazes. As now arranged, the tiles form a section of a two-dimensional arcade design, outlined in yellow (a full arch flanked by two half-arches). The spandrels of the arches have an interlace design in white on a black ground. The arches themselves are filled with arabesque decoration: an arrangement of four large half-palmettes formed from smaller half-palmettes rendered in white and dark-blue glazes is shown against a pattern formed from half-palmettes of the smaller size in turquoise and white, all against a dark-blue ground. |
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Gallery label | Tiles from a shrine to Rumi
Turkey, Konya
1381–2
The poet and mystic Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi died
in Konya in central Turkey in 1273. His grave is now
part of a large shrine complex. It is prominently
marked by a ribbed conical structure sitting on a
high drum (far right) and is covered with coloured
tiles, which have been renewed several times.
These four tiles date from the restoration completed
in 1381–2. They were part of a frieze that ran around
the drum.
Glazed earthenware, with cuerda seca decoration.
Note: The label is illustrated with an aerial view of the shrine of Mevlana, which explains the reference to "far right".(2009) |
Credit line | Bought from Hagop Kevorkian, along with 1109 & 1109A-1898, for £180. |
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Bibliographic reference | Michael Meinecke, Faiencedekoration seldschukischer Sakralbauten in Kleinasien, published as Istanbuler Mitteilungen, Beiheft XIII, Tübingen: Wasmuth, 1976, Teil 2, pp. 346-50. |
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Accession number | 1108:1 to 4-1898 |
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Record created | February 4, 2009 |
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