Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1594
Publication Place
Damascus (made) -
Subject
Flowers Lamp Diaper Leaves Interlacing
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 86.4cm, Width: 26.7cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
128:1 to 3-1897
Record ID
128:1 to 3-1897
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1594
Notes
Panel of three tiles of glazed buff earthenware painted in colours, Damascus, 1594
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Glazed earthenware painted in colours on white slip Earthenware Slip Painted Glazed
Parçalar
Tile, Tile, Tile
Fiziksel açıklama
Panel of three tiles of glazed buff earthenware painted in colours on white slip with an ogee-shaped cartouche having a lobed outline. Within it is represented a mosque lamp on a diaper ground of leafy devices. Above and below the cartouche are two labels with inscriptions in Arabic characters, surrounded by sprays of roses, carnations, tulips and other flowers. Along the top and bottom of the panel are blue borders ornamented with an interlacing design of flowers and foliage. In a walnut wood frame.
