Tile

Object Details

• Description

  The earthenware tile is square in shape, with a symmetrical floral design on a white background. The clay body is beige. Tile is decorated with an abstracted floral design, clearly intended as part of a larger repeat design. It is painted in vibrant greens, blues, black, and the characteristic "Turkish red" on a pure, white background. The central floral motif composed of lotus flowers, each enclosing a pomegranate and five floral stems. This is flanked by half sections of the same motif and linked by two pairs of saz leaves incorporating further floral design

• Provenance

  From 1960s

  Private collector, Belgium, from the 1960s [1]

  To 2001

  Momtaz Islamic Art, London, to 2001

  From 2001

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Momtaz Islamic Art in 2001

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 3, Massumeh Farhad, December 4, 2001, in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Momtaz Islamic Art

• Origin

  Iznik, Turkey

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Architectural Element

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1580s, 1570s

• Name

  Momtaz Islamic Art

• Place

  Iznik

• Topic

  Art, Ottoman period (1307 - 1922), Arts of the Islamic World, Lotus

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Object Type

  Architectural elements