- Title
- Tile
- Date Made
- 1550-1600
- Period
- Ottoman (1281-1924)
- Medium
- Fritware, underglaze-painted
- Dimensions
- Width: 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2002.1.8
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Islamic
- Curatorial Notes
The motif of three circles combined with paired wavy lines (possibly a much abstracted version of leopard spots and tiger stripes) was repeated in a variety of Ottoman mediums, whether made for the court in Istanbul or produced in provincial centers such as Damascus. In this hexagonal tile, the Syrian artist has replicated the design but not the color scheme of red and blue on a white ground associated with classic Iznik ware. Instead the tile is boldly decorated in turquoise and black, a color combination that typifies Syrian tiles in the Ottoman period.
