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Cuerda Seca Tile Fragment Depicting Youth Climbing a Tree

first half of the 17th century

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Caption

Cuerda Seca Tile Fragment Depicting Youth Climbing a Tree, first half of the 17th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in yellow, turquoise, cobalt blue, black, opaque white, and ochre-brown glazes with manganese purple in the cuerda seca (dry-cord) technique, 9 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (23.5 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 72.26.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Cuerda Seca Tile Fragment Depicting Youth Climbing a Tree

Date

first half of the 17th century

Dynasty

Safavid

Period

Safavid

Medium

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

Classification

Tiles

Dimensions

9 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (23.5 x 24.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson

Accession Number

72.26.1

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