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Title	Tile
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1530
Publication Place	Iznik (made) -
Subject	Flowers Arabesque Leaf
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 17.1cm, Length: 27.9cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	C.2-1953
Record ID	C.2-1953
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1530
Notes	Tile, fritware body, painted under the glaze in blue and turquoise, Turkey (Iznik), 1530s; from the Ãinili Hamam (Tiled Bath-house) in the Zeyrek district of Istanbul.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware Painted
Fiziksel açıklama	Border tile of fritware (also called stone paste), painted under the glaze in two shades of blue. The central field is defined by two pairs of corner-pieces, which resemble the spandrels of an arch in shape (compare V&A: 1879:1, 2-1897). The corner-pieces contain a scrollwork pattern called rÃ»mÃ® in Turkish and based on conventionalized leaves seen side-on (half-palmettes), which appears as white on the dark-blue ground. The central field is occupied by an arrangement of two scrollwork patterns in light- and dark-blue, each with four main elements. One is a design of curving tendrils set with complex, stencil-like blossoms of two sizes and ending in small leaves (a mode of design called hatÃ¢yÃ® in Turkish). The other is a rÃ»mÃ® pattern with cusped tendrils, centred on a small four-petal rosette and bearing four large half-palmettes and smaller palmette finials.

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Tile

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1530

Publication Place Iznik (made) -

Subject Flowers Arabesque Leaf

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 17.1cm, Length: 27.9cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID C.2-1953

Record ID C.2-1953

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1530

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

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware Painted

Fiziksel açıklama Border tile of fritware (also called stone paste), painted under the glaze in two shades of blue. The central field is defined by two pairs of corner-pieces, which resemble the spandrels of an arch in shape (compare V&A: 1879:1, 2-1897). The corner-pieces contain a scrollwork pattern called rÃ»mÃ® in Turkish and based on conventionalized leaves seen side-on (half-palmettes), which appears as white on the dark-blue ground. The central field is occupied by an arrangement of two scrollwork patterns in light- and dark-blue, each with four main elements. One is a design of curving tendrils set with complex, stencil-like blossoms of two sizes and ending in small leaves (a mode of design called hatÃ¢yÃ® in Turkish). The other is a rÃ»mÃ® pattern with cusped tendrils, centred on a small four-petal rosette and bearing four large half-palmettes and smaller palmette finials.