Tile, A.H. 824/ A.D. 1421, From Turkey, Bursa, Tempered earthenware; molded; polychrome glazed within black wax resist outlines (cuerda seca technique); gilded, H. 11 1/2 in. (29 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, This tile matches a border frieze adorning the portal of the tomb of Sultan Mehmed I (r. 1403–21) in Bursa, where monuments were badly damaged in an 1855 earthquake. It has a deeply carved pattern of lattices formed by pairs of undulating vine scrolls that meet at regular intervals along the centerline
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Tile, .H, 824/ .D, 1421, Turkey, Bursa, Tempered earthenware, molded, polychrome glazed within black wax resist outlines, cuerda seca technique, gilded, H, 11 1/2, 29 cm, Ceramics-Tiles, tile, matches, border frieze, adorning, portal, tomb, Sultan Mehmed, I, r, 1403–21, monuments, badly damaged, 1855 earthquake, deeply carved, pattern, lattices formed, pairs, undulating vine, scrolls, meet, regular intervals, centerline
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