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Tile

Object Number:2001-15-48
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Iran
Isfahan
Date Made: 1600-1799
Early Date: 1600
Late Date: 1799
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Terracotta
Technique:Glazed
Iconography:Woman
Cup?
Flower?
Credit Line:Gift of William G. Warden and Sally M. W. Stone, 2001

Description

Octagonal white glazed tile with underglaze green, yellow, black and cobalt blue. In the center of the tile is a portrait of a woman in a blue and brown garment and veil holding a cup-like object or a flower.

Bibliography:

[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 155View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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