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

Tile

16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile of white fritware, hexagonal, painted with an interlace pattern of flowers and rosettes in blue, turquoise, purple and outlined with green under a clear glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
Brief description
Tile, hexagonal, fritware with polychrome underglaze painting, Syria (Damascus), 16th century
Physical description
Tile of white fritware, hexagonal, painted with an interlace pattern of flowers and rosettes in blue, turquoise, purple and outlined with green under a clear glaze.
Dimensions
  • Width: 20.3cm
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. Arnold Foster
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.29-1953

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Record createdApril 17, 2009
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