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Tile Panelearly 17th century

Not on view
Horizontal ceramic tile panel with cobalt blue ground and white Arabic calligraphic inscription in cursive script, with turquoise floral accents and scalloped border
Horizontal frieze of glazed ceramic tiles with white Arabic calligraphy in thuluth script against a cobalt blue ground, with scrolling floral vine border along the top edge.
Title
Tile Panel
Place Made
Syria
Date Made
early 17th century
Period
Ottoman (1281-1924)
Medium
Fritware, underglaze-painted
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 67 in. (25.4 x 170.18 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.58
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes

The primary decoration of this tile panel is the elegant inscription reserved in white against the blue ground. Although incomplete (the blue vertical bands represent areas of loss), the text is nonetheless readily recognizable. It is from the opening section of a particularly powerful chapter of the Qur’an (48:4): "He it is who sent down tranquility upon the hearts of the believers that they might add faith to their faith—to Allah belong the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is All-Knowing, Wise."

Selected Bibliography

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.