Tile with Floral Cartouche Design on Ebru (Marble Imitation Pattern) Background
This tile, restored from six pieces, combines a typical late sixteenth-century floral medallion with a background design in manganese purple that mimics the surface patterns of marble. While not entirely unknown in pottery, designs that simulate marble or other materials were better suited to tile revetments where they blended with the various forms of architectural decoration in Ottoman buildings.
Artwork Details
- Title: Tile with Floral Cartouche Design on Ebru (Marble Imitation Pattern) Background
- Date: late 16th century
- Geography: Attributed to Turkey, Iznik
- Medium: Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
- Dimensions: H. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm)
W. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm)
D. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Wt. 2lbs 10 oz (1190.8 g) - Classification: Ceramics-Tiles
- Credit Line: Gift of William B. Osgood Field, 1902
- Object Number: 02.5.102
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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ca. 1545–55
ca. 1560–70
second half 16th century
second half 16th century
second half 16th century
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