The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Collecting Turkmen Jewelry: The Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf Collection

In conjunction with the exhibition Turkmen Jewelry from the Collection of Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf (on view October 9, 2012, through February 24, 2013), Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf discuss their collecting practices and connection to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the first few pieces that grew into a large collection of traditional Turkmen jewelry, the couple's appreciation for the jewelry has followed them for decades and allowed them to develop unique insights into the practice of collecting.

The exhibition is made possible by the Hagop Kevorkian Fund.

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Hexagonal Tile

Object Name:: Hexagonal tile
Date:: first half 15th century
Geography:: Syria
Medium:: Composite body; underglaze painted
Dimensions:: Ht. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm) W. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) Gr. DiagonaL. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Museum Accession
Accession Number:: x.228.1

This artwork is not on display

Description

The background of tightly coiled spirals and the use of black, blue, and turquoise underglaze pigments betray the Syrian provenance of this tile. The lidded ewer on a stand, a form that is still popular in the Middle East, is a recurrent motif based on contemporary metal examples.
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What
Ceramics (29,327)

Painting (5,232)

Tile (1,708)

Underglazing (1,343)
Where
Asia (68,271)

Syria (1,274)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,612)
In the Museum
Islamic Art (12,531)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Art of the Mamluk Period (1250–1517)

The Eastern Mediterranean, 1400–1600 A.D.