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