Tile 7.
Syria {Damascus}
An exquisite square stone paste tile painted in underglaze cobalt-blue, apple green, manganese purple and turquoise. The design, a finely drawn spray of three chrysanthemums, their heads painted in purple and blue with serrated green leaves, is set against a delicate milky-white background. A peacock seems to alight onto one of the leaves. A floral and leaf border against a cobalt blue ground runs vertically along the left edge.
Late 16th century.
6.5 x 5.5 in. {17.2 x 14.5 cm.}
c.f. Ettinghausen, R. Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum, 1972. One of the group of Damascus tiles with the use of apple green mentioned on p.104 when referring to the Lockwood de Forest collection.
Condition: Intact.
See Part II, Tile 26 for another tile from this panel.