Tile Panel
Colors in this work
Details
- Artist
- Unknown artist
- Dimensions
- Panel: H. 45 1/2 in. (115.6 cm) W. 54 5/8 in. (138.7 cm) D. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm) Wt. 356 lbs. (161.5 kg) Each tile: H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm) W. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm) Top Mounts: H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm) W. 2 in. (5.1 cm) D. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) Bottom mounts: H. 1 in. (2.5 cm) W. 1 in. (2.5 cm) D. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
- Origin
- Iran
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Rogers Fund, 1903
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Figures in Nature Visual · 98%
Four human figures are represented within a natural or garden-like setting.
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Human Figure Both · 98%
The museum lists men and women among the subjects, and the image visibly contains four human figures.
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Flora Both · 99%
Trees, flowering branches, leaves, and blossoms are prominent in the central scene and surrounding decoration; flowers and trees are also listed in the catalog subjects.
Visual Qualities
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 99%
The surface uses saturated blue, turquoise, green, yellow, white, and brown areas across the figures, vegetation, objects, and border.
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Patterns Visual · 99%
Repeated floral motifs, scrolling vegetal forms, and patterned garments create a strongly patterned surface.
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Dense Composition Visual · 98%
Figures, vegetation, textiles, objects, and border ornament fill most of the rectangular composition.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%
Elaborate floral borders, richly patterned clothing, and extensive vegetal decoration make ornament a dominant visual feature.
Medium and Techniques
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Use of Traditional Techniques Metadata · 96%
The catalog specifies black wax-resist outlines and the cuerda seca technique, a traditional ceramic decorating process.
Time Periods
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17th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog dates the tile panel to the first quarter of the seventeenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Iranian Art Metadata · 99%
The museum records the place of origin as Iran.
Materials
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Ceramic Metadata · 98%
The object is classified as Ceramics-Tiles and its medium is identified as stonepaste with polychrome glaze.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Tile Panel. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 4,000 × 3,258 · Metropolitan Museum Of Art · Available