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Tile Panel Depicting the Gateway to Paradise
Tile Panel
Tile Panel Depicting the Gateway to Paradise
Ottoman period
about 1600
Object Place: Syria
Medium/Technique
Fritware with polychrome decoration under clear glaze
Composite body (quartz, clay and glaze frit).
Composite body (quartz, clay and glaze frit).
Dimensions
Overall: 67 x 70.2 x 4.1 cm (26 3/8 x 27 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Samuel D. Warren
Accession Number90.162
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
DescriptionNine-tile panel depicting a three-arched gateway. The trees under the left and right arches include cypresses and date palms. Above Arabic inscriptions read: “Allah,” “Muhammad,” and the names of the first four caliphs.
InscriptionsThe inscription under the central arch declares, "Glory to God," and, at top and bottom, names God, the Prophet Muhammad, and the first four caliphs: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali.
Provenance1876, purchased at the Centennial Exposition (Egypt Exhibit), Philadelphia, by Mrs. Samuel D. (Susan Cornelia Clark) Warren (b. 1825 - d. 1901), Boston; 1890, gift of Mrs. Samuel D. Warren to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 4, 1890)