المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
1420
مكان النشر
Damascus (made) -
الموضوع
Ceramics Tiles
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Conversion diameter: 19.7cm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
504-1900
رقم السجل
504-1900
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1420
ملاحظات
These Mamluk tiles reflect the growing impact of Chinese ceramics, most evident in the colour scheme which imitates Chinese blue-and-white ceramics of the Yuan and Ming dynasties. They were painted with cobalt blue on a white ground before being glazed; blue is a fugitive colour and runs in the firing process, smearing the design. A turquoise border was often added, placed just outside the black line border. Similar tiles survive in situ covering the walls in the mosque and tomb of the Mamluk dignitary Ghars al-Din Khalil al-Tawrizi (d. 1430) in Damascus, begun in 1423. Elsewhere they are found in the mosque of Murad II in Edirne, north-western Turkey, built in 1435-6. They are sometimes interspersed with plain turquoise tiles. The blue and white Syrian tiles are not slavish imitations of Chinese designs, but rather a unique hybrid of Islamic motifs incorporating swaying leaves or arabesques.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware, underglaze painted in cobalt blue and turquoise Fritware Painting
Fiziksel açıklama
Tile, fritware, hexagonal, painted in underglaze blue and black with a hexafoil cartouche within which six stylized flowerheadsradiating from a rosette, the outer border with a turquoise ground
Üslup
Mamluk
