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Hexagonal Tile with Çintamani Pattern

Arts of the Islamic World

On View: Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
MEDIUM Ceramic; fritware, painted in black under a transparent turquoise glaze
DATES 16th century
DYNASTY Ottoman
PERIOD Ottoman Period
DIMENSIONS 10 3/8 x 10 3/8in. (26.4 x 26.4cm) mount: 12 × 10 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (30.5 × 26.7 × 3.2 cm)  (show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER 86.227.194
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
PROVENANCE Prior to 1951, provenance not yet documented; before 1951, acquired by Dikran Kelekian of New York, NY and Paris, France (no. 4166); between 1951 and 1971, provenance not yet documented; by 1971, acquired by Ernest Erickson of New York; December 16, 1986, gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc. to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
CAPTION Hexagonal Tile with Çintamani Pattern, 16th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in black under a transparent turquoise glaze, 10 3/8 x 10 3/8in. (26.4 x 26.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.194. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.194_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 86.227.194_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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 <em>Hexagonal Tile with Çintamani Pattern</em>, 16th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in black under a transparent turquoise glaze, 10 3/8 x 10 3/8in. (26.4 x 26.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.194. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.194_PS2.jpg)