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    • Tile panel, dated 1591–2; Ottoman
    Syria
    Composite body with underglaze paint

    W. 63 1/4 in. (160.7 cm)
    Bequest of Agnes Miles Carpenter, 1958 (58.90.1a–g)

    This is a good example of the continuation of the Mamluk ceramic tradition after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt and Syria. Its inscription reads: "The weak servant Kayun ibn cAbdallah, the sinful, the one in need of God's mercy, founded this blessed mosque. It was built in the year 1000 [A.D. 1591–92]."

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  • Jenkins, Marilyn. "Islamic Pottery: A Brief History." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 40, no. 4 (Spring, 1983).
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  • Tile panel, dated 1591–2; Ottoman
    Syria
    Composite body with underglaze paint

    W. 63 1/4 in. (160.7 cm)
    Bequest of Agnes Miles Carpenter, 1958 (58.90.1a–g)