Tile 2.
Syria {Damascus}
A stone paste square border tile painted in underglaze cobalt blue, apple green and turquoise. The border on the right side, a vigorous cintamani design in white and turquoise, outlined in black, is reserved against a cobalt blue ground. A thin turquoise guard stripe on the extreme right vertical edge. The remaining area, which is also reserved against a cobalt blue ground, shows a tulip, foliage and an apple green cusped medallion containing a tulip head in a spray of flowers rising from a floral palmette. Remains of an ogival lattice in turquoise with a white serrated edge and containing plum blossoms emanates from the top and bottom of the cusped medallion.
16th century.
10.5 x 10.5 in. {26.5x 26.5 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. Losses and edge chipping to glaze.