Tile
Tile
Place of OriginSyria
Date17th century
Dimensions9 1/8 × 9 1/8 × 5/8 in. (23.2 × 23.2 × 1.6 cm)
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineGift of Alice Roff Estey
Object number
1917.740B
Not on View
DescriptionPart of a larger group of tiles showing tulips, carnations, and blue-bells on meandering stalks in blue, green, and manganese. Coarse dense earthenware with polychrome glaze.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Petsoupolis, Yanni, ed., Tulips, Arabesques, and Turbans, London, 1982, pp. 73-120.
17th century
17th century
1860-1890
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1300-1350
1840-1850
1835-1850
early 17th century
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