Hexagonal tile with floral decoration

Details

• Title

  Hexagonal tile with floral decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › Turkey (place of creation)

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

• Date

  1540 - 1545
  Ottoman Period (1281 - 1924)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with underglaze painting in blue and turquoise

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  architecture › tile

• Dimensions

  24.5 x 21 x 1.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• 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.

  EA1978.1537

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