Author
Mahmud al-Kurdi, Persian, active during the late 15th century
Author Original
محمود الكردي ، فارسي ، نشط خلال أواخر القرن الخامس عشر
Publication Date
885-886 AH / 1480-81 AD
Publication Place
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Saint Louis Art Museum
Subject
Glazed ceramic bowl
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الطول : 113 سم × العرض : 76.8 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
87:1923
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus24;44;ar
Library Location
Saint Louis Art Museum
Date
885-886 AH / 1480-81 AD
Notes
The mosaic painting is in the shape of a kite, cut at the bottom, and is mounted in a frame made of white plaster. It has outer borders on all sides except the bottom, where there is a turquoise band, then a black band, and then a tanned gold band, and each one is less thick than the next. The main ground of the mosaic is royal blue and decorated with a series of overlapping vines in tanned gold, white and turquoise, separated from each other by various flowers with pale pink or black petals, each externally framed in white. Among the flowers and vines are forest green leaves externally framed in tanned gold, which varies in saturation. The central element of the panel is a domed-lobed lobe with a black ground and surrounded by tanned gold decorated with trees. Turquoise vine and flowers with petals with pink centers around a central flower, outerly framed in white, with a pale pink, teardrop center surrounded by a royal blue outer frame, followed by teardrop-shaped pink petals, and then royal blue pointed leaves.
Sample Text
“Mosaic tile painting with a design of intertwined flowers and vines” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;44;ar
