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

Tile

ca. 1630-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile fritware, painted in blue and green on a white slip. Painted with flowers symmetrically arranged on curved stems interlaced with arabesques under a niche, and the spandrels are filled in with arabesques on a green ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, underglaze painted in blue and green, glazed
Brief description
Tile, fritware, painted in blue and green, Turkey (Kütahya), 17th century.
Physical description
Tile fritware, painted in blue and green on a white slip. Painted with flowers symmetrically arranged on curved stems interlaced with arabesques under a niche, and the spandrels are filled in with arabesques on a green ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 25.4cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Dudley B. Myers, Esq.
Object history
One of two tiles with 792-1900.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
792A-1900

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Record createdMarch 20, 2009
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