Tile — Tehran Floor Tile, Iran, Tehran, 1850-70
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1850-70
Tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 1531:82-1876), made in Iran, Tehran, dated 1850-70. The museum's brief description reads: Middle East, Ceramic, Tile; Tile, glazed earthenware, design of white quatrefoil cartouche reserved against dark blue ground, with central red star, and yellow circles in the corners, Tehran, Iran, 1850-1870.
Museum description: Tile, design of white quatrefoil cartouche reserved against dark blue ground, with central red star, and yellow circles in the corners (thus forming yellow quatrefoils when fitted together) The museum records it as Earthenware, tin-opacified slip with polychrome glaze, measuring Length 23 cm; Width 23.2 cm; Depth 1.5 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 cm; Width 23.2 cm; Depth 1.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Earthenware, tin-opacified slip with polychrome glaze
- Place recorded
- Iran, Tehran
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tile
- Museum object number
- 1531:82-1876
- Museum system number
- O1266881
Catalogue references
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