On view
Tile Panel with Decoration of Composite Flowers and Serrated Leaves, c. 1570-1580
Architectural Element
Ottoman
, 16th century
Ottoman Empire, AH 680-1342 / AD 1281-1924
Creation Place:
Iznik, Turkey
Underglaze painted composite body
39.3 x 67.5 x 2.5 cm (15 1/2 x 26 9/16 x 1 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
, 1960.17
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
, Bibliography
Walter B. Denny and Aileen Ribeiro, Court and Conquest: Ottoman Origins and the Design for Handel's Tamerlano at the Glimmerglass Opera, exh. cat., Kent State University Museum (Kent State, OH, 1999), page 38/figure 36
Stephan Wolohojian, ed., Harvard Art Museum Handbook, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 2008), p. 84
Stephan Wolohojian, ed., Harvard Art Museum Handbook, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 2008), p. 84
Exhibition History
Arabesque, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/1990 - 03/24/1991
Pattern and Purpose. Decorative Arts of Islam., Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/19/1994 - 07/03/1994
Court and Conquests, Ottoman Origins and the Designs for Handel's "Tamerlano" at the Glimmerglass Opera, Equitable Gallery, New York, 11/18/1998 - 01/23/1999
Woven, Hammered, and Thrown: Textiles and Objects from the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/22/1991 - 08/18/1991
Court and Conquests, Ottoman Origins and the Designs for Handel's "Tamerlano" at the Glimmerglass Opera, Kent State University Museum, Kent, 02/17/1999 - 04/25/1999
A Grand Legacy: Arts of the Ottoman Empire, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/09/1999 - 01/02/2000
The Enlightened Eye: Gifts from John Goelet, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/12/2000 - 05/07/2000
Overlapping Realms: Arts of the Islamic World and India, 900-1900, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/02/2006 - 03/23/2008