A PANEL OF FOUR DOME OF THE ROCK' POTTERY TILES, SYRIA, 16TH CENTURY

A PANEL OF FOUR DOME OF THE ROCK' POTTERY TILES, SYRIA, 16TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3005191

A panel of four square Ottoman Empire Dome of the Rock tiles, painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a trellis of split and winged palmettes with cloud-scroll collars, framed.
19.5 by 19.5 cm. each

CATALOGUE NOTE
This design was first seen on the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, which was tiled on the instructions of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent around 1545. Soon after similar tiles appeared on several building in Aleppo, most notably Bait Jumbiatt, the Ummayad Mosque and the Khosrowiyya Mosque, as well as numerous private houses.