Tile

Tile

Public Domain

Tile
CultureSyrian
Titles
  • Tile
Date15th century
MediumStonepaste; painted in blue under transparent glaze
Dimensions7 3/8 × 6 1/4 × 7/8 in. (18.7 × 15.9 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Rania and Jamal Daniel, Zeina and Nijad Fares, Joy and Benjamin Warren, Lily and Hamid Kooros, Eileen and Kase Lawal, and the Friends of Art of the Islamic Worlds
Object number2018.60
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
113 Islamic Art Gallery
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Department
Art of the Islamic Worlds
Object Type
DescriptionThese hexagonal tiles exemplify the influential role that blue-and-white Chinese porcelain played in the Islamic world. Chinese-style scrolling foliage is seamlessly juxtaposed with native Syrian plants and depictions of familiar objects like ewers. The tiles were also influential for the designer Lockwood de Forest (1850–1932) who incorporated them in American home interiors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
ProvenanceLockwood de Forest, late 19th century; by descent, the Lockwood de Forest family; [Christie's London, King Street, Sale 15984, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets, 26 April, 2018, Lot 29]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.

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