tile
- Museum number
- 1999,0310.4
- Description
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Earthenware border tile, with relief-moulded decoration of stepped ziggurat motifs. Glazed in blue, green, black and rust on a white ground. Factory backstamp.
- Production date
- 19thC(late)-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 140 millimetres
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Width: 277 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- One of a group of tiles based on 13th-14th century Moorish inlaid ceramic mosaic decoration at the Alhambra. See also 1999,3-10,5 and 6; 2001,5-1,1-4. This border motif occurs widely at the Alhambra. It was then copied in the cuerda seca technique in the 15th century; for examples see 1903,10-21,4 and 5, from Seville.
- Location
- On display (G47/dc12)
- Acquisition date
- 1999
- Acquisition notes
- Part of group of eight tiles purchased together in Ronda for £63.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1999,0310.4
