Tile decorated with peonies and serrated leaves

Details

• Title

  Tile decorated with peonies and serrated leaves

• Associated place

  Asia › Turkey (place of creation)

  Asia › Turkey › Marmara Bölgesi (Marmara) Region › Iznik (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  1550 - 1560
  Ottoman Period (1281 - 1924)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with polychrome underglaze painting

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  architecture › tile

• Dimensions

  mounted tiles, with frame 73.5 x 39.3 cm (height x width)
  mounted tiles, without frame 70 x 35 cm approx. (height x width)
  each tile 36 x 35 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 31 | Islamic Middle East

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.1528

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