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A work made of fritware painted in blue, turquoise, green, purple, and black under a transparent glaze.
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  • A work made of fritware painted in blue, turquoise, green, purple, and black under a transparent glaze.

Date:

Ottoman dynasty (1299–1923), 16th/17th century

Artist:

Syria

About this artwork

This tile belongs to group of ceramics sometimes referred to as Damascus or Syrian ware that are closely related to Iznik ceramics. These wares were produced in Damascus in the mid-16th century when the Ottoman sultan, Suleyman the Magnificent, sent Iznik potters to repair and restore tilework at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. After refurbishing the tilework, these artisans settled in Damascus, where they continued to produce tiles and vessels. While similar in style to the tiles produced in Iznik, tiles made in Syria in the Ottoman period employ a different color palette to depict vegetal and geometric forms. Syrian ceramics did not use the crisp white ground and only rarely used the vibrant tomato red typical of Iznik ceramics. Instead, Syrian tilework tended toward a more muted color palette of natural greens and blues.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Culture

Islamic

Title

Tile

Place

Damascus (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1601–1700

Medium

Fritware painted in blue, turquoise, green, purple, and black under a transparent glaze

Dimensions

27.3 × 27 × 2.3 cm (10 3/4 × 10 11/16 × 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Logan-Patten-Ryerson Collection

Reference Number

1925.529

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