Tile Fragment Depicting a Lion in a Landscape

first half of the 17th century

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Caption

Tile Fragment Depicting a Lion in a Landscape, first half of the 17th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in yellow, turquoise, cobalt blue, green, black, opaque white, purple, and ochre brown glazes with manganese purple in the cuerda seca (dry-cord) technique, 9 x 5 in. (22.9 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 71.194.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Tile Fragment Depicting a Lion in a Landscape

Date

first half of the 17th century

Dynasty

Safavid

Period

Safavid

Medium

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

Classification

Tiles

Dimensions

9 x 5 in. (22.9 x 12.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson

Accession Number

71.194.2

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