Pair of border tiles with leaf and composite flower meander

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1985.329.A-B
People: Unknown Artist
Title: Pair of border tiles with leaf and composite flower meander
Classification: Architectural Elements
Work Type: architectural element
Date: c. 1652
Places: Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey), Iznik
Period: Ottoman period
Culture: Turkish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/215895

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Fritware
Technique: Underglazed
Dimensions: 25 x 23.5 cm (9 13/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year: 1985
Object Number: 1985.329.A-B
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Jessica Chloros, "An Investigation of Cobalt Pigment on Islamic Ceramics at the Harvard Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2008), Unpublished, pp. 1-41 passim

Exhibition History

The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1987 - 08/02/1987
A Grand Legacy: Arts of the Ottoman Empire, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/09/1999 - 01/02/2000

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