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Summary
| Artist |
Unknown artist
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| Description |
English:
Tiled lunette panel that may have come from the
Piyale Pasha Mosque
in Istanbul. The tiles were made in Iznik.
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| Date | between 1570 and 1575 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Fritware/stonepaste with underglaze painted decoration | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Width 149 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Islamic Middle East, room 42, case WN5, shelf EXP
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| Notes |
Similar lunette panels are held by other museums including the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon (
Inv. no. 1598B
) and two copies in the Musée du Louvre in Paris (
Inv. no. OA 7508
) and (
Inv. no. OA 7509
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| References | Denny, Walter B. (2004), Iznik: the artistry of Ottoman ceramics , London: Thames & Hudson, pp. 208, 213, ISBN 978-0-500-51192-3 . | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Aa77zz (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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