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
Third to first century BCE
13th century
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
about 1785 (Frame about 1820)
about 1785 (Frame about 1820)
about 1100-1200
4th-6th century CE
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