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Title:Tile Panel
Date:second half 16th century
Geography:Attributed to Turkey, Iznik
Medium:Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
Dimensions:H. 30 1/4 in. (76.8 cm) W. 30 1/4 in. (76.8 cm) D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification:Ceramics-Tiles
Credit Line:Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:17.190.2086
Tile Panel
During the third and final phase of Iznik pottery production (see MMA 66.4.8, cat. no. 101 in this volume), whole interiors of religious as well as secular buildings were covered with underglaze slip- and stain-painted tiles, giving them a very sumptuous and also airy appearance.
The field of this square panel is beautifully filled with a delicate yet strong geometric design consisting of the common eight-pointed star-and cross pattern here transformed into a vegetal lattice filled with stylized blossoms. This section of the panel is closely related to similar panels in the Rustem Pasha mosque in Istanbul which can be dated to early in the second half of the sixteenth century. The border tiles appear to be less well drawn and not in their original configuration.
Marilyn Jenkins in [Berlin 1981]
J. Pierpont Morgan (American), New York (until d. 1913; his estate 1913–17; gifted to MMA)
Berlin. Museum für Islamische Kunst, Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. "The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the M.M.A.," June 15, 1981–August 8, 1981, no. 108.
Mexico City. Colegio de San Ildefonso. "Arte Islámico del Museo Metropolitano de Arte de Nueva York," September 30, 1994–January 8, 1995, no. 59.
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. "Earth, Sea, and Sky: Nature in Western Art—Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 6, 2012–January 4, 2013, no. 63.
Beijing. National Museum of China. "Earth, Sea, and Sky: Nature in Western Art—Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 8–May 9, 2013, no. 63.
Raymond, Alexandre M., and Karl Wulzinger. Altturkische Keramik in Kleinasien und Konstantinopel. Munchen: Bruckmann, 1922. pls 19–22.
"Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York." In The Arts of Islam. Berlin, 1981. no. 108, pp. 256–57, ill. (b/w).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Daniel S. Walker, Arturo Ponce Guadián, Sussan Babaie, Stefano Carboni, Aimee Froom, Marie Lukens Swietochowski, Tomoko Masuya, Annie Christine Daskalakis-Matthews, Abdallah Kahil, and Rochelle Kessler. "Colegio de San Ildefonso, Septiembre de 1994–Enero de 1995." In Arte Islámico del Museo Metropolitano de Arte de Nueva York. Mexico City: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1994. no. 59, pp. 162–63, ill. (b/w).
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. "Masterpieces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art." In Earth, Sea, and Sky: Nature in Western Art. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 2012. no. 63, pp. 117, 233, ill. (color, b/w).
Mazzocca, Fernando, and Sebastian Schütze. Dai Medici ai Rothschild: Mecenatismo e Collezionismo dei Grandi Banchieri. Milan: Edizioni Gallerie d'Italia, 2022. cat. X.5, p. 322.
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