Tile with Floral and Cloud-band Design

بلاطة بزهور وسحب

Tile with Floral and Cloud-band Design; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 02.5.91.

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A coloured Iznik ceramic tile under the glaze with flowers and cloud bands in the tray style, about 1578. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1

People and things also explored

Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “Tile with Floral and Cloud-band Design”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/balata-zahra/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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