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CultureSyrian

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Tile

Date15th century

MediumStonepaste; painted in blue under transparent glaze

Dimensions7 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 3/4 in. (19.1 × 16.5 × 1.9 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 number2018.55

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

113 Islamic Art Gallery

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Department

Art of the Islamic Worlds

Object Type

CERAMICS

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 16]: purchased by MFAH, 2018.

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