Border Tile with Split-Palmette Design
Unknown
ca. 1578 · Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze · Islamic Art
Within the tilework decoration of the Ottoman capital, tomato‑red tiles such as this one were laid end to end, creating a meandering vine‑scroll border for walls covered with field tiles, like the nearby floral and cloud-band example.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1578
- Medium
- Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Credit line
- Fletcher Fund, 1971
