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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.20
Title
Border tile with a central palmette flanked by interlacing split-palmettes
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
c. 1575
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey), Iznik
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216497

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Underglaze polychrome painted fritware
Technique
Underglazed, painted
Dimensions
24.45 x 15.56 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.20
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The red border tile probably comes from the famed Altin Yol, or Golden Way of the Topkapi Palace, which was also decorated during this period. Forming part of a continuous band six inches wide, this tile is again 9 1/2 inches long. It is beveled on two edges, and consists of tendril ornaments in white and blue, while the main color, built out from the slip in thick application, is the famous Iznik red. A bare minimum of dark-blue drawing defines the forms, while it is the colors themselves that predominate.

Publication History

  • 40 Years On... Donations by John Goelet: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Miniatures and Calligraphy, Tankas and Mandala, M. T. Train and Scala Books (New York, NY, 2000), page 18, 206
  • 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Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2008), Unpublished, pp. 1-41 passim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 Ottoman Empire: A Culture and Its Impact, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/1989 - 05/21/1989
  • Eyes to the East: Indian, Persian, and Turkish Art Given by Harvard Graduates, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/1990 - 11/25/1990
  • The Ottomans and their Contemporaries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/21/1992 - 05/17/1992
  • 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

Verification Level

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