Border Tile with Split-Palmette Design, ca. 1578, Made in Turkey, Iznik, Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze, H. 5 in. (12.7 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, 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
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Border Tile, Split-Palmette Design, ca, 1578, Turkey, Iznik, Stonepaste, polychrome painted under transparent glaze, H, 5, 12.7 cm, Ceramics-Tiles, Within, tilework decoration, Ottoman capital, tomato red tiles, laid, creating, meandering vine, scroll, border, walls covered, field, floral, cloud-band example
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