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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, mould made, painted in blue, black, red and turquoise under a colourless glaze
Shape: roughly square tile with slightly bevelled edges on the upper and lower sides.
Upper side: a turquoise line is painted on the lower edge and a spandrel in the right hand corner is reserved in red with a section of a flower head in the corner. Dominating the surface, an Arabic inscription is outlined in black and reserved in blue with red used to colour the enclosed areas of the letters.
Underside: undecorated
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Depth: 1.6 cm
Height: 26.8 cm
Weight: 1636 g
Width: 27.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, second half-17th Century
Circa
1560
CE
-
Circa
1699
CE
Turkish, Isnik
Upper Surface composed of pigment ( blue, black, red and turquoise) glaze ( colourless)
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, painted in blue, black, red and turquoise under a colourless glaze
Inscription present: outlined in black and reserved in blue
Accession number: MAR.C.114-1912
Primary reference Number: 17573
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tile" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/17573 Accessed: 2024-11-23 10:11:45
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