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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 black, blue and turquoise under a colourless glaze
fritware, mould made, painted in black, blue and turquoise under a colourless glaze
Shape: irregular fragment
Upper surface: around the edge a border of turquoise and black lines are painted. In the centre, a black budded flower is surrounded by blue floral sprays including spiral leaves.
Lower surface: undecorated except for splashes of glaze
Production
Place:
Syria, Damascus, probably Damascus
Production
Place (legacy):
Syria, potter, country
Syria, potter, country
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
Technique
Description:
fritware, mould made, painted in black, blue and turquoise under a colourless glaze
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 17.5, cm
width, whole, 14.3, cm
depth, whole, 2, cm
weight, whole, 449, 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
Inscription:
inscription; lower surface; painted in black; ‘445’; painted directly onto tile surface; possibly old object number
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 Sotheby's, 15th October, 1986, p. 49, lot 160 (withdrawn).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 design to tile panel, 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. 85. Ref. on blue and white tiles
Related Object:
Accession:
Object Number: C.549M-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 29032; input: 2001-05-21; modified: 2012-12-11)
Permanent
Identifier:
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