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Lot Essay
Border tiles of this style became popular in Istanbul in the second half of the 16th century. They were used in the Has Oda (Privy Chamber) of Murad III at the Topkapi Saray Palace and in its large domed antechamber which dates to 1578 (J.M. Rogers (ed.), The Topkapi Saray Museum, Architecture, Boston, 1988, pl.64). Similar tiles are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and in the Gulbenkian Collection (Türkische Kunst und Kultur aus osmanischer Zeit, exhibition catalogue, Frankfurt, 1985, vol.2, no, p.176). Another tile of this design is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, bequest of Edwin Binney 3rd and another is in the David Collection, Copenhagen (Kjeld von Folsach, Art from the World of Islam, Copenhagen, 2001, no.266, p.189). A similar tile was sold in these Rooms as part of the Theodore Sehmer Collection, 27 April 2004, lot 212, and another, more recently, 25 April 2024, lot 141.
Michael Archer OBE grew up in India as the son of William and Mildred Archer. He became assistant keeper of ceramics at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1963 and retired as keeper and senior research fellow in 1996. Archer oversaw many of the most important acquisitions of ceramics and glass to the Museum's collection in the second half of the 20th century. Arthur Lane (d.1963) was Keeper of ceramics at the museum until 1963, when Archer joined.
Michael Archer OBE grew up in India as the son of William and Mildred Archer. He became assistant keeper of ceramics at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1963 and retired as keeper and senior research fellow in 1996. Archer oversaw many of the most important acquisitions of ceramics and glass to the Museum's collection in the second half of the 20th century. Arthur Lane (d.1963) was Keeper of ceramics at the museum until 1963, when Archer joined.