A pair of Ottoman earthenware border tiles
A pair of Ottoman earthenware border tiles
Earthenware glazed in cuerda seca technique with slight relief in cobalt blue, yellow, white, turquoise and green. With a glued breakage. Ca. 14.9 cm x 25 cm x 1.8 cm.
Bursa or Istanbul, 15th / 16th C.
The Sadberk Hanin Museum, Istanbul houses three identical tiles.
Literature
Cf. Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, acc. no. 1620-1892, the border tile from the Yesil Türbe (Green Tomb) in Bursa, built for the Ottoman Sultan Çelebi Mehmed I (1413 - 1421).
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A pair of Ottoman earthenware border tiles
Earthenware glazed in cuerda seca technique with slight relief in cobalt blue, yellow, white, turquoise and green. With a glued breakage. Ca. 14.9 cm x 25 cm x 1.8 cm.
Bursa or Istanbul, 15th / 16th C.
The Sadberk Hanin Museum, Istanbul houses three identical tiles.
Literature
Cf. Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, acc. no. 1620-1892, the border tile from the Yesil Türbe (Green Tomb) in Bursa, built for the Ottoman Sultan Çelebi Mehmed I (1413 - 1421).
