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Tile Fragment Depicting a Man Stoking a Fire

first half of the 17th century

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Caption

Tile Fragment Depicting a Man Stoking a Fire, first half of the 17th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in yellow, turquoise, cobalt blue, black, opaque white, and light grayish blue glazes with manganese purple in the cuerda seca (dry-cord) technique, 9 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (23.5 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 71.194.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Tile Fragment Depicting a Man Stoking a Fire

Date

first half of the 17th century

Dynasty

Safavid

Period

Safavid

Medium

Ceramic; fritware, painted in yellow, turquoise, cobalt blue, black, opaque white, and light grayish blue glazes with manganese purple in the cuerda seca (dry-cord) technique

Classification

Tiles

Dimensions

9 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (23.5 x 12.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson

Accession Number

71.194.1

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