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Square tile with leaves

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Syria (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1423
    Material and technique
    fritware, with underglaze painting in blue
    Dimensions
    20.9 x 20.8 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    fritware
    Technique index
    painted,
    painted,
    painted,
    painted,
    glazed,
    more
    Object type index
    tile
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
    Accession no.
    EA1978.1510

  • Further reading

    Porter, Venetia, Medieval Syrian Pottery (Raqqa Ware) (Oxford: Asmolean Museum, 1981), p. 46, illus. p. 48 pl. XXXV

Glossary (2)

fritware, underglaze painting

Location

    • currently in research collection

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