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Tile mosaic panel with floral pattern
Timurid period
15th century
Object Place: Iran
Medium/Technique
Fritware (stonepaste) tiled mosaic
Dimensions
Length x width: 34.5 × 17.8 cm (13 9/16 × 7 in.)
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number86.80
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
DescriptionRectilinear wall panel fragment. Mosaic composed of monochrome-glaze tiles; cobalt blue background, two flowers with six alternating green and orange petals and blue centers, turquoise vines, and yellow leaves with orange centers, three rows of border tiles in orange, black, and turquoise
ProvenanceSaid to be from the Palace of Shah Abbass at Ispahan; 1886, S. G. W. Benjamin, late minister to Persia; 1886, sold by Benjamin to MFA. (Accession Date: April 6, 1886)