Architectural ElementsOttoman16th-17th century

Tile with Arabesque Medallions

1550-1600

Description

...By its unusual shape, ...this small tile can be determined to have been part of either a conical baldachin over a minbar (pulpit), or...of a half-conical covering of a Turkish fireplace. The pattern is drawn lightly in black on the white slip, while the colors are the familiar tomato red of the seventies and eighties, and a ver bright, light, turquoise. entered by sb02/04/03.

Classification

Architectural Elements

Technique

Xerograph

Medium

Fritware painted under glaze

Culture

Ottoman

Period

Ottoman period

Century

16th-17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

25.5 x 8 cm (10 1/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

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