Tiles at the Louvre
Clay tiles dating from first half of the second millennium B.C.
Clay tiles were used as an early means of communication and served to spread the use of the written word. These tablets date to the second millennium B.C.
Glazed brick from Khorsabad in Iraq, the ancient capital city of Assyrian King Sargon (721-705 B.C.).
Glazed bricks from the
palace of Persian King Darius I the Great (522-486 B.C.) in Susa,
one
of the oldest cities in the world.
Glazed brick from the Ishtar Gate, a main entryway to the ancient city
of Babylon (Iraq),
built during the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II,
circa 600 B.C.
Glazed lustre tiles from Kashan, Iran, dating from the the mid-13th to the mid-14th century A.D.
Isnik tile panel from the tomb of Selim II, Istanbul, Turkey, decorated with floral arabesques surrounding an ornamental plum tree in bloom.
17th century panel from Isfahan in Iran, 1642-1666 A.D.
