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Pair of tiles
UnknownLate 16th century AD
Museo d'Arte Orientale
Torino, Italy
A key characteristic of Islamic art is to cover entire buildings with brightly coloured tiles. This pair of tiles gives a good indication of how the walls of the sumptuous Safavid palaces must have looked.
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Details
- Title: Pair of tiles
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator Lifespan: 16th century AD - 16th century AD
- Date: Late 16th century AD
- Location Created: Iran
- Physical Dimensions: w45.6 x h22.8 cm
- Object Hegira dates: Late 10th century
- Key-words: Tile, ceramic, cuerda seca, Safavid
- Dynasties: Safavid
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: All Rights Reserved - MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin
- Medium: Cuerda seca
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