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Title	Tile
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1530
Publication Place	Iznik (made) Turkey -
Subject	Flowers Arabesques Rosette
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 25.4cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	C.14-1953
Record ID	C.14-1953
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1530
Notes	Tile, fritware body, painted under the glaze in two shades of blue, Turkey (Iznik), 1530s; from the Ãinili Hamam (Tiled Bath-house) in the Zeyrek district of Istanbul.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware Painted
Fiziksel açıklama	Hexagonal tile of fritware (also called stone paste), painted under the glaze in blue and turquoise on a white ground. The sixfold pattern is a combination of hatÃ¢yÃ® and rÃ»mÃ® scrollwork, which are given equal visual weight. The pattern is self-contained, being set within a narrow border in three colours. In the hatÃ¢yÃ® scrollwork, six composite, stencil-like blossoms of two alternating types are linked by curving stems. The stems continue beyond the blossoms and end in pairs of motifs â small leaves are associated with one type of blossom, and flower buds with the other. The hatÃ¢yÃ® pattern is therefore open-ended, whereas the rÃ»mÃ® pattern is closed, forming six compartments that enclose the six hatÃ¢yÃ® blossoms. The cusped stems of the rÃ»mÃ® pattern, emerging from a central rosette, bear stylized leaf forms (split palmettes), with further stems emerging from their two tips. Pairs of these outer stems are joined, completing the compartments and supporting small palmettes of two alternating types that fill the corners of the tile.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Tile

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1530

Publication Place Iznik (made) Turkey -

Subject Flowers Arabesques Rosette

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 25.4cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID C.14-1953

Record ID C.14-1953

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1530

Notes Tile, fritware body, painted under the glaze in two shades of blue, Turkey (Iznik), 1530s; from the Ãinili Hamam (Tiled Bath-house) in the Zeyrek district of Istanbul.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware Painted

Fiziksel açıklama Hexagonal tile of fritware (also called stone paste), painted under the glaze in blue and turquoise on a white ground. The sixfold pattern is a combination of hatÃ¢yÃ® and rÃ»mÃ® scrollwork, which are given equal visual weight. The pattern is self-contained, being set within a narrow border in three colours. In the hatÃ¢yÃ® scrollwork, six composite, stencil-like blossoms of two alternating types are linked by curving stems. The stems continue beyond the blossoms and end in pairs of motifs â small leaves are associated with one type of blossom, and flower buds with the other. The hatÃ¢yÃ® pattern is therefore open-ended, whereas the rÃ»mÃ® pattern is closed, forming six compartments that enclose the six hatÃ¢yÃ® blossoms. The cusped stems of the rÃ»mÃ® pattern, emerging from a central rosette, bear stylized leaf forms (split palmettes), with further stems emerging from their two tips. Pairs of these outer stems are joined, completing the compartments and supporting small palmettes of two alternating types that fill the corners of the tile.

Üslup Ottoman