Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1600
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Women Flowers Birds
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 26.7cm, Width: 15.9cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
306-1879
Record ID
306-1879
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1600
Notes
This is one of two rectangular tiles (307-1879) painted in coloured slip with partially dressed dancers associated with the harem, preparing for a bath. They were probably made in Isfahan for a Safavid palace or bathhouse.Bathhouses, an important focal point of daily life, were traditionally decorated with luxurious glazed tiles lining the pools and tile panels ornamenting the walls. Each figure holds a spouted pouring vessel in their hands, which have been coloured orange-red with henna. A paste of powdered henna was applied or painted in designs on hands and often feet and left on overnight to producee a stain, which was highly admired. Dark almost black henna, suggests the evidence of wealth, as it was produced using costly essential perfumes and oil, whereas a paler colour indicates that water was used a binder. That both hands are stained is further evidence of an elite lifestyle indicating that a skilled henna artist has applied the stain.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware painted in enamel colours Fritware Painted
Fiziksel açıklama
Tile of fritware, rectangular, painted in polychrome slip with a full length female figure prepared for the bath and a background of flowers and birds. She has salmon-pink body and henna-red hands.
Üretim
Register
Üslup
Safavid
