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Hexagonal tile with floral pattern
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In the 1540s the Iznik factories were still producing hexagonal revetment tiles, using the familiar dark blue and turquoise ornament on a white slip. This hexagonal tile, 8 1/2 inches across, shows a highly developed pattern, meant to be continuous with other tiles. By this time, the pattern of individual tiles tends to transcend the limitations of the single piece of ceramic. The pattern is sophisticated, symmetrical and finely drawn: the surface is flat.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
John Goelet New York NY (by 1960) gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1960.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of John Goelet
Title: Hexagonal tile with floral pattern
Description:
In the 1540s the Iznik factories were still producing hexagonal revetment tiles, using the familiar dark blue and turquoise ornament on a white slip.
This hexagonal tile, 8 1/2 inches across, shows a highly developed pattern, meant to be continuous with other tiles.
By this time, the pattern of individual tiles tends to transcend the limitations of the single piece of ceramic.
The pattern is sophisticated, symmetrical and finely drawn: the surface is flat.
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