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Wall Tiles
1600s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
These four square tiles are each adorned with a floral spray of tulips, carnations, and a large hybrid palmette, set inside a twelve-lobed circular medallion. It is surrounded by an eight-pointed star made of pairs of wavy lines. Where the four tiles are joined, another complete medallion with a floral motif and a cobalt blue center is formed.
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- Title: Wall Tiles
- Date Created: 1600s
- Provenance: (Dikran G. Kelekian [1867-1951], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.651
- Medium: fritware with underglaze-painted design
- Fun Fact: Iznik was the town which manufactured tiles for imperial buildings of the Ottoman sultans.
- Department: Islamic Art
- Culture: Turkey (Iznik), Ottoman Period
- Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Collection: Islamic Art
- Accession Number: 1915.651
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