A QAJAR CUERDA-SECA POTTERY TILE DEPICTING A MUSICIAN Qajar Iran,...
A QAJAR CUERDA-SECA POTTERY TILE DEPICTING A MUSICIAN
Qajar Iran, 19th century
Featuring a woman playing a daf, reserved against a yellow ground, with the four corners decorated with palmettes against a cobalt-blue ground.
23cm x 23cm
In the cuerda seca technique, thin lines of waxy resist were applied to separate areas of differently coloured glaze during firing, creating the characteristic unglazed 'dry cords' that define the individual sections of the tile surface. The technique is believed to have appeared in Iran as early as the fourteenth century.
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A QAJAR CUERDA-SECA POTTERY TILE DEPICTING A MUSICIAN
Qajar Iran, 19th century
Featuring a woman playing a daf, reserved against a yellow ground, with the four corners decorated with palmettes against a cobalt-blue ground.
23cm x 23cm
In the cuerda seca technique, thin lines of waxy resist were applied to separate areas of differently coloured glaze during firing, creating the characteristic unglazed 'dry cords' that define the individual sections of the tile surface. The technique is believed to have appeared in Iran as early as the fourteenth century.
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Time, Location
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