<em>Panel of Tiles</em>, 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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alvin Devereux, 39.407.1-.54. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.39.407.1-.49.jpg)

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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alvin Devereux, 39.407.1-.54. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.39.407.1-.49.jpg)

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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!

Panel of Tiles

Arts of the Islamic World

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

Place Made: Damascus, Middle East, Syria

DATES late 16th–17th century

DYNASTY Ottoman

PERIOD Ottoman Period

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

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Islamic World

ACCESSION NUMBER 39.407.1-.54

CREDIT LINE Gift of Alvin Devereux

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alvin Devereux, 39.407.1-.54. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.39.407.1-.49.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.39.407.1-.49.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008

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Download our app and ask your own questions during your visit. Here are some that others have asked.

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?

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

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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