Maker:
Unknown; potter
Collection:
H.S. Reitlinger
Category:
fritware (stonepaste)
Name(s):
tile
Islamic pottery; category
underglaze painted ware; category
Other Name:
tile panel
Date:
circa 1400 — circa 1499
School/Style:
Mamluk
Period:
15th century
Description(s):
fritware painted in blue, black and turquoise under a colourless glaze
fritware, probably mould made, painted in blue, black and turquoise under a crazed colourless glaze
Shape: hexagonal tile with straight edges
Upper surface: around the edges the remnants of a black and turquoise border is evident. Painted in blue a central black vase is surrounded by blue floral spays including rosettes and spiked leaves.
Lower surface: undecorated except for remnants of plaster.
Production
Place:
Syria, Damascus, probably Damascus
Production
Place (legacy):
Syria, potter, country
Syrian, potter, nationality
Technique(s):
moulding; whole
painting underglaze; upper surface; blue, black, turquoise
glazing (coating); upper surface; colourless
Material(s):
fritware; whole
pigment; upper surface; blue, black, turquoise
glaze; upper surface; colourless, crazed
Technique
Description:
fritware, probably mould made, painted in blue, black and turquoise under a crazed colourless glaze
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 18.3, cm
width, whole, 15.8, cm
depth, whole, 2, cm
weight, whole, 572, g
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1950; Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Provenance:
H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Acquisition Credit:
Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Documentation:
Sotheby's. 1986. Islamic Works of Art, Carpets and Textiles.London: p. p. 49
Publ. Sotheby's, 15th October, 1986, p. 49, lot 160 (withdrawn). Estimate £2-3,000
Fehervari, Geza. 2000. Ceramics of the Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Museum.London and New York: I.B. Tauris Publishersp. 246-251
Cf. similar designs on blue and white tiles see catalogue number 3II.CERI728TSR. Ref. on Syrian underglaze painting
Porter, Venetia. 1995. Islamic Tiles.London: British Museum Pressp. 93-8
Cf. blue underglaze painted tiles see fig. 86,7. Ref. on blue and white tiles
Golombek, Lisa. 1993. The Paysage as Funerary Imagery in the Timurid Period.
Source Title: Muqarnas 10 (1993) : 241-252
p. 241-252
Cf. ewer designs on hexagonal tiles see fig. 4 (p. 242)
Related Object:
Accession:
Object Number: C.549C-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 29020; input: 2001-05-21; modified: 2012-12-11)
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Identifier:
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