Tile 13.
Syria {Damascus}
A stone paste tile painted in underglaze cobalt blue, turquoise and apple green. A large, apple green cusped medallion containing a spray of flowers that rise from a leafed palmette dominates the left side of the tile and holds together two ends of a turquoise ogival lattice device with white serrated edges that contains a spray of plum blossom. The remaining area holds a tulip, a bunch of grapes together with vine leaves and tendrils.
16th century.
10.5 x 8.4 in. {26.6 x 21.5 cm.}
c.f. Ettinghausen, R. Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum, 1972. One of the group of Damascus tiles with the use of apple green mentioned on p.104 when referring to the Lockwood de Forest collection.
Condition: Intact. Glaze loss to the left edge and a firing glaze loss to a small area in the lower right.