Tile
Tile
Place of OriginSyria
Date17th century
Dimensions9 3/8 × 9 3/8 × 15/16 in. (23.8 × 23.8 × 2.4 cm)
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineGift of Alice Roff Estey
Object number
1917.740A
On View
External Site Address (External address), On Loan
DescriptionPart of a larger group of tiles showing vases with fantastic flowers, tulips, and blue-bells. Navy blue ground with pale green details and touches of turquoise. Coarse dense earthenware with polychrome glaze.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Petsoupolis, Yanni, ed., Tulips, Arabesques, and Turbans, London, 1982, pp. 73-120.
17th century
1860-1890
13th century
about 1100-1200
1300-1350
1300-1350
14th century
17th century
Unidentified, Gorgoneion Group
about 560 BCE
Membership
Become a TMA member today
Support TMA
Help support the TMA mission