Tile panel, grey fritware, Iznik, 1550-1600
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1550-1600
Panel of four border tiles of grey fritware, painted in blue and red outlined in olive-green over a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. The pattern consists of interlacing wavy stems with serrated leaves and floral devices on a dark blue ground.
At the top is a border of cresting on a white ground, while at the bottom is a narrow band of fret ornament.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 4
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Historical context
For images of how Wrench displayed his collection in his home in the Pera (Beyoğlu) district of the city, see V&A: PH.331 to 334-1892.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed
- Dimensions
- Length: 123.2 cm; Width: 21.3 cm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Iznik, Turkey
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-O199602
- Museum object name
- Tile panel
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- 1882:1 to 4-1897
- Museum system number
- O199602
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.