Tile

Culture: Syrian
Period: Mamluk period, 1250–1517
Date: 15th century
Material: Glazed fritware with underglaze painted decoration
from: Damascus, Syria, Asia
Classification: Architectural elements, ceramics
Collection: Islamic Art
Current Location: On View, Gallery 120
Dimensions: height: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
width: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
depth: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Horace Morison
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 647:1958.1

NOTES

Hexagonal blue and white wall tiles such as this one, although made in Damascus, have been associated with a group of itinerant potters from the city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran.

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