Tiles

Object Details

• Description

  Three blue and white oblong tiles from a frieze.

  Clay: earthenware

  Decoration: painted in reserve and decorated with stylized floral motifs with knotted stems; a plain oval lobed cartouche appears between the floral elements.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

  Turkish Art (May 26, 1982 to June 24, 1982)

  Turkish Ceramics (September 24, 1982 to May 10, 1985)

  Turkish Art (November 1, 1980 to May 25, 1982)

• Origin

  Turkey

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Architectural Element

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• Date

  1520s

• Topic

  Iznik ware, Art, Ottoman period (1307 - 1922), Pottery, Arts of the Islamic World, Flowers

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Object Type

  Architectural elements