Palace of Tankiz
| Name of structure: | Palace of Tankiz |
| Extended name of structure: | Palace of Emir Sayf al-Din Tankiz al-Husami al Nasiri |
| Type of structure: | Palace |
| Country or main area: | Syria |
| Region within country or main area: | |
| City or area within region: | Damascus |
| Date of structure: | 1328 |
| Century of structure 1: | 14 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Basin of fountain |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Eight roundels, each outlined with black tesserae and in-filled with a red background, against which is depicted a large, ringed cup composed of predominantly gold tesserae outlined in black. Background for the roundels composed primarily of gold tesserae among which a large number of black and a smaller number of turquoise tesserae are also scattered. |
| Date of mosaic: | 14th century |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 14 AD |
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| Silver tessera at site: | |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
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| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Kenney, Ellen, ‘Mixed Metaphors: Iconography and Medium in Mamluk Glass Mosaic Decoration’, Artibus Asiae, 66.2 (2006), 175-200, p. 183 |
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