Pottery of the Near East by Pier Garrett Charfield 1875-

Author:Pier, Garrett Charfield, 1875-
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Pottery -- Middle East, Pottery -- Middle East
Publisher: New York and London, G.P. Putnam's sons
Published: 1909-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

82 Pottery of the Near East

These examples are all illustrated by Mig-eon in his admirable book on Muhamme-dan art. ^ To this century belong certain tiles similar in decoration to those illustrated under Figs. 28-29, star-shaped tiles measuring anywhere from 3j to 8| inches in height. Tiles of this sort are generally decorated with either human figures, animals, or birds amidst foliage, set dos a dos, sometimes divided by a tall cypress tree or similar. Single figures are likewise found, surrounded by the same type of floral ornament. These designs are generally in a creamy white reserved on a pale gold or ruby lust red ground, framed in an outer band of arabesques, Koranic inscriptions of plain bands in blue or lustre. Star-shaped and cruciform tiles attributed to the commencement of the fourteenth century are decorated with floral arabesques in

1 Migeon, G., Manuel d'art musulman.

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