Early modern · № 250

Ka'ba Tile

Osman Ibn Mehmed · ca. 1720–30

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Ka'ba Tile

The Met Collection API reports this object as public domain, with dimensions, repository/gallery location, accession number, material, and credit line. The archived source asset is the GLB derivative from the Met 3D scan catalog (3,235,900 bytes, 99,985 polygons). That catalog records the original 3D-40891-001.usdz as 496,974,939 bytes with 15,606,162 polygons.

Maker: Osman Ibn Mehmed
Date: ca. 1720–30
Place: Asia
Material: Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
Dimensions: H: 13.8 in. (35 cm) W: 10.3 in. (26.1 cm)
Current collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gallery 460

Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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Maker: Osman Ibn Mehmed
Date: ca. 1720–30
Place: Asia
Material: Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
Dimensions: H: 13.8 in. (35 cm) W: 10.3 in. (26.1 cm)
Current collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gallery 460
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
Rights: Public Domain

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