Tile panel, fritware, Damascus, Syria, 16th century-17th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
16th century-17th century
Panel of forty square tiles of fritware and painted in underglaze cobalt blue, sage green and black, on white slip, with a design in which is represented a tall green vase with a long slender neck having a double mouth. On either side is a mug, also double-mouthed. The vase, as well as the two mugs, is filled with sprays of tulips, carnations and other flowers.
The rest of the surface of the panel is occupied by similar sprays springing from tufts of herbage on the ground. The border tiles round the base and two sides are decorated with a repeating pattern of white foliated ornament on a blue ground, while those along the top are painted in the same style on a green ground. In a walnut frame.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Fritware and slip with underglaze polychrome painting
- Dimensions
- Height: 139.1 cm; Width: 134.6 cm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Damascus, Syria
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O180910
- Museum object name
- Tile panel
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- 131:1 to 40-1897
- Museum system number
- O180910
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.