Tile — Tehran Wall Tile depicting Roses in Fantasy Architecture, Iran, 1850-1870
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1850-1870
Tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 1531:20-1876), made in Iran, dated 1850-1870. The museum's brief description reads: Middle East, Ceramic, Tile; Tile, glazed earthenware, design with leafy turquoise scroll and roses with half of a striped column holding a pedestal vase on one side, part of a larger vertical composition of architectural elements, rose bouquets and an oval vignette of a Qajar palace, from a panel….
Museum description: Tile, design with leafy turquoise scroll and roses with half of a striped column holding a pedestal vase on one side, part of a larger vertical composition of architectural elements, rose bouquets and an oval vignette of a Qajar palace, from a panel of ten tiles The museum records it as Buff-coloured earthenware, tin-opacified white slip, polychrome pigments in yellow, pink, turquoise, blue, purple and manganese black outlines, glazed, measuring Length 23.1 cm; Width 23.2 cm; Depth 1.8 cm.
These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- earthenware
- Dimensions
- Length 23.1 cm; Width 23.2 cm; Depth 1.8 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Buff-coloured earthenware, tin-opacified white slip, polychrome pigments in yellow, pink, turquoise, blue, purple and manganese black outlines, glazed
- Place recorded
- Iran
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tile
- Museum object number
- 1531:20-1876
- Museum system number
- O1265332
Catalogue references
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