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Panel of Tiles

late 16th–17th century

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Caption

Panel of Tiles, late 16th–17th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in black, cobalt blue, green, and turquoise on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 6 x 4 3/6 feet (184 x 138 cm) Each of the 49 tiles: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm) . Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alvin Devereux, 39.407.1-.54. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.39.407.1-.49.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Panel of Tiles

Date

late 16th–17th century

Dynasty

Ottoman

Period

Ottoman Period

Geography

Place made: Damascus, Middle East, Syria

Medium

Ceramic; fritware, painted in black, cobalt blue, green, and turquoise on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze

Classification

Tiles

Dimensions

6 x 4 3/6 feet (184 x 138 cm) Each of the 49 tiles: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alvin Devereux

Accession Number

39.407.1-.54

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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Frequent Art Questions

  • Yes, this is correct those tiles were made in Damascus, Syria, during the late 16th-17th century.

    It is made from a type of ceramic called 'fritware,' which involved painting the tiles and applying a transparent gaze before firing to give the tiles a bit of shine.

  • Where were these tiles displayed?

    We don't know what kind of interior space these tiles were originally placed in, but a similar building of that period would have been the Darwish Pasha Mosque, built by an Ottoman governor in Syria in the 16th century.

  • It's beautiful and so well preserved! Where would it have been displayed?

    We actually don't know what building these tiles were originally placed in, but many buildings from the same period include similar tiles. One example with particularly similar tiling is the Darwish Pasha Mosque, built by an Ottoman governor in Damascus, Syria, in the 16th century.
    These tiles would have originally been part of a much larger decorative scheme. It would have been amazing to experience such rooms in the 16th century!

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