1960.18: Tile with cloud band and spiraling 'Saz'-tendril pattern

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.18

Title

Tile with cloud band and spiraling 'Saz'-tendril pattern

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Tile with Intertwined Spiralling Tendrils, Flower Cartouches, "Saz" Leaves and Cloud Bands

Classification

Architectural Elements

Work Type

architectural element

Date

mid 16th century

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey), Iznik

Period

Ottoman period

Culture

Ottoman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/216902

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Fritware

Technique

Underglazed, painted

Dimensions

25.4 x 20 x 1.6 cm (10 x 7 7/8 x 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.18

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This tile was originally square, ten inches on a side, but was cut down to form a border eight inches wide, probably in the apartments of Murad III.The tile formed, in its original square form, part of a continuous pattern utilizing four floral rosettes, two curved leaf forms with flowers upon them, and a cloud or dragon motif in bright red, which curled through the center and corners of each square. The glazes are thickly applied within a thin black outlining on the slip.

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

Exhibition History

• Exhibition of Islamic Objects, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, 01/28/1972 - 02/28/1972
• Islamic Art From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/1974
• The Ottoman Empire: A Culture and Its Impact, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/1989 - 05/21/1989
• Arabesque, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/1990 - 03/24/1991
• Woven, Hammered, and Thrown: Textiles and Objects from the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/22/1991 - 08/18/1991
• 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

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