Tile — Qajar Wall-Tile with Architectural Vignette, Iran, Tehran, 1850-1870
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1850-1870
Tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 1531:95-1876), made in Iran, Tehran, dated 1850-1870. The museum's brief description reads: Middle East, Ceramic, Tile; Tile, glazed earthenware, central design of pink-outlined lobed medallion featuring a distant building on a hilltop against white ground, set again yellow background with pink flower scrolls and four pendants, Tehran, Iran, 1850-1870.
Museum description: Tile, central design of pink-outlined lobed medallion featuring a distant building on a hilltop against white ground, set again yellow background with pink flower scrolls and four pendants The museum records it as Earthenware, covered in white slip, painted with polychrome glazes in yellow, pink, purple, green, turquoise and blue with black outline, measuring Length 20.7 cm; Width 20.5 cm; Depth 2.5 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 20.7 cm; Width 20.5 cm; Depth 2.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Earthenware, covered in white slip, painted with polychrome glazes in yellow, pink, purple, green, turquoise and blue with black outline
- Place recorded
- Iran, Tehran
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tile
- Museum object number
- 1531:95-1876
- Museum system number
- O283216
Catalogue references
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