I saw this tile at the Casa-Museu Frederico de Freitas in Funchal, on the island of Madeira earlier this year. It is described as from 19th Iran and I know nothing more about it. The museum has a large colletion of azulejos, decorated tiles, mostly tin-glazed. The churches of Madeira, as in mainland Portugal, are richly decorated with them and, like Dutch tin-glazed tiles, they must have been made in their millions. The collection also shows some examples from outside Portugal and Spain, such as this charming Iranian dinner party, painted in copper green, cobalt blue, manganese grey and a fine black outline.
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Look at all that detail, beautiful.
This reminds me of the tiled panel showing picnickers at the V&A(17th C. fritware, V&A 139-1891) and the tradition of moulded figurative tiles (e,g V&A 1841-1876.) 19th century collectors put them into fire surrounds and bathrooms. This is charming - I like the sleeping lady hanging over the bottom edge of the tile.
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