A LARGE KUTAHYA TILE DEPICTING THE ROYAL RELIEF OF IVRIZ
A LARGE KUTAHYA TILE DEPICTING THE ROYAL RELIEF OF IVRIZ

OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE KUTAHYA TILE DEPICTING THE ROYAL RELIEF OF IVRIZ
OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The divinity standing to the right and holding a sheaf of wheat and a vine of grapes, the smaller king praising him to the right, with hieroglypic inscriptions above and along the right
19 x 16in. (50.7 x 41.4cm.)

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This is tile copied from a monumental rock relief, located in Ivriz near Konya, which depicts a local ruler of the late 8th century BC paying tribute to Tarhunzas, a fertility god.

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