IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 17561 accession number: C.2095-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Earthenware, mould made, painted in turquoise, yellow, blue, green with a brown outline, under (or in) a white glaze Shape: rectangular panel comprising fifty tiles in ten rows of five, enclosed in a light wood frame Upper surface: sprouting from a central winged vase a floral spray, including saz leaves and rosettes in which two birds perch, dominates the surface. At the edges of the panel, two columns with capitals support a pointed archway whose spandrels enclosing scrolling floral sprays. Lower surface: not visible due to wall hanging title: tile panel NOTES ----- type: history note value: From a house in Tunis, where it was in a room with six such panels, and it was made up from tiles from more than one of them; sold by unknown vendor to Boccara père, Souk des Femmes, Tunis; sold by him for £13.0.0 in January 1906 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr. J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17561 SUBJECTS ------------------- vase birds flowers foliage vase birds flowers foliage TECHNIQUES ---------- Earthenware, mould made, painted in turquoise, yellow, blue, green with a brown outline, under (or in) a white glaze moulding CATEGORIES ------ category: glazed earthenware category: Islamic pottery DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1900 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1900 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 151 dimension: Width units: cm value: 78 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Qallaline Tile Panels: Tile Pictures in North Africa --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/681/661/large_C_2095_1928_1_201301_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1751 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/681/661/mid_C_2095_1928_1_201301_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 855 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/681/661/C_2095_1928_1_201301_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 6570 pixels width: 3843 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/681/661/preview_C_2095_1928_1_201301_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 427 pixels width: 250 pixels