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English: Fragment of an early Iznik blue-and-white tile. Identical to the border tiles in the tomb of Şehzade Mahmud (a son of Bayerzid II) in the royal cemetery in Bursa (1506-1507).
Date V & A give between circa 1480 and circa 1510
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1510-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
. Atasoy and Ruby give 1506-7 (inscription over doorway of tomb)
Medium Fritware with underglaze cobalt blue decoration
Dimensions Length: 15.9 cm, Width: 8.9 cm
institution QS:P195,Q213322
Current location
Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case W, shelf 2
Accession number
1678A-1892
Notes Similar tiles or tile fragments are owned by other museums: Louvre in Paris (Inv. no. UCAD 10481), David Collection in Copenhagen includes a complete tile (Inv. no. 93a/2003), the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington F1980.181a-c The scalloped white medallions were originally gilded.
References Atasoy, Nurhan; Raby, Julian (1989), Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London: Alexandra Press, p. 90, Figs. 81, 82, ISBN 978-1-85669-054-6.
Carswell, John (2006), Iznik Pottery, London: British Museum Press, pp. 36-38, Fig. 18. ISBN 978-0-7141-2441-4.
Source/Photographer Aa77zz (2011)

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