Tile from frieze for archway with picnic scene - 976.298.11_5

976.298.11_5

Tile from frieze for archway with picnic scene

Medium:Ceramic (earthenware) with overal white tin-opacified glaze and overglaze paints in cuerda seca technique
Geography: Said to be from the Royal Stables at Isfahan, Iran
Date: 1670-1680 AD
Period: Safavid Period
Dimensions:
24 x 24 x 2.5 cm
Object number: 976.298.11
On view
Gallery Location:Wirth Gallery of the Middle East
DescriptionOne of 41 tiles (976.298.6 to .47) that combine to make one archway 300 cm wide by 145 cm high, said to be from the Royal Stables at Isfahan, Iran.
Cataloguer: Dr. Lisa Golombek (ROM Staff 1967-2005, Emeritus 2005-present)
Cataloguer: Dr. Robert B. J. Mason (ROM Staff, 1981 to present)
Department: World Cultures: West Asian
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