The Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London is a favourite of mine. I love their collections, but more than that I love the fact that they allow visitors to photograph their treasures. One of my favourite exhibits from there is a ceramic fireplace from Turkey.
This gorgeous piece in blue, white and turquoise coloured tiles is from the Iznik area in Turkey which is known for creating such masterpieces. The design is quite a complex one with some of the tiles moulded to be able to fit the curve of the fireplace. Located in the Islāmic Middle East section of the V&A, the fireplace manges to stand out among other equally stunning exhibits. You can read more about the fireplace here.
I rarely covet stuff, but this is one thing I would love to have at my place, even though a fireplace is impractical, not to mention foolish, in coastal and tropical Mumbai. 🙂
The Museum Treasure Series is all about artifacts found in museums with an interesting history and story attached to them. You can read more from this series here.
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Wow its sooooooo beautiful.
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Thanks, Seema. I think the photograph actually dulls the colours. The turquoise in particicular was absolutely brilliant. For a while I actually thought that real turquoise stones had been used 🙂
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beautiful sculpture
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Welcome here and thank you so much for stopping by and commenting. 🙂
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That truly looks gorgeous. Tell you what, I will take care of it for you at my place. Delhi is cold, you know. So what if I have to throw out other things to accommodate it in the tiny space I have? 😀
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That’s so kind of you, Zephyr. A thing of beauty is a joy forever, so I’m sure you can chuck out a few things at your place to accomodate the fireplace. But first let me figure a way of getting the fireplace from the V&A 😀
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A different choice of color for a fireplace!
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A choice of colour and material for a fireplace ! If I had it, I wouldn’t want to use it. Ever.
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its Squidward’s house!!
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Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Rozzie.
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exquisite!
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Absolutely ! Now tell me, honestly, don’t you want it? 😉
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What kind of love
inspired this
adornment for a fire?
What flavor of
worship is this
that inculcates desire?
What kind of time
and labor
would strive to
endeavor
a symbol of
endurance
that doesn’t seek
to gather
anything for itself
but only gives the best
its loving heart has to offer?
Salutations to the
thought,
and to the hands that wrought
a thing of beauty
ensconced in a hue
that while reflecting
its own beauty
drives away the blues..?
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Blue driving away the blues on a cold winter’s day? What a lovely way to put it in verse! But I think if I had something like this in my place, I would never use it, except perhaps as a much-needed book case 🙂
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Ha ha… a fireplace in Mumbai seems like a funny idea indeed. 😀 I could do one in Delhi though.
Coming to the point, this is indeed a beautiful piece… truly living up to the reputation of blue being symbolic of tranquility.
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Maybe, you could think of building something similar in blue (of course, no other colour will do, will it? :-D) in Delhi?
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