Levantine folk tile

Levantine Folk Tile

24 illustrations painted like Levantine ceramic tiles: a fanous, a dallah, an ibriq, a mosque, bowls of dates, figs and lemons, a honey jar, a sheep, a prayer mat and an Eid money moment.

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a deep turquoise footed bowl painted with a tulip, heaped with red-brown dates and a few leaves.

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a deep turquoise footed bowl painted with a tulip, heaped with red-brown dates and a few leaves.

Bowl of Dates

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a fanous with a turquoise dome and an orange ring on top, arched turquoise and ochre panels and a red flared base.

Tile Fanous

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a round-bellied turquoise water jug with a short spout and a curved handle, painted with one red carnation.

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Carnation Ibriq

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a small cobalt mosque with a pale turquoise dome, a pointed arched door, a short striped minaret and a large painted tulip on its wall.

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Tulip Mosque

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a round lidded turquoise jar on a short foot, painted with one large tulip on its side.

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Tulip Sweets Jar

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a smiling father in a long turquoise robe painted with tulips, handing an envelope of Eid money to his smiling daughter in an orange dress and green headscarf, on Eid al-Fitr morning.

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Eid Money Gift

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a deep red prayer mat with a turquoise border and a rounded arch at its top, painted with a tulip, a flower, cup shapes and a row of green leaves.

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Tile Prayer Mat

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of an ochre dallah with a long orange beak spout, turquoise bands on its neck, an orange and turquoise handle and one large red tulip with green leaves on its belly.

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Ochre Dallah

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a round ochre basket with a turquoise rim and two striped handles, full of flatbreads and painted with a red tulip, an orange flower and a row of green and ochre scallops.

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Bread Basket

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a square turquoise gift box tied with a deep red ribbon and bow, painted with a large orange tulip between two green sprigs, with a row of green scallops at its base and a small ochre carnation above the bow.

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Turquoise Gift Box

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a smiling bearded man in an orange cap and a long mint robe with ochre shoulders painted with red flowers, standing and holding a small dark cup in both hands.

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Man with Coffee

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a deep turquoise bowl with a cobalt rim and an orange foot, painted with two green leaves and holding two red pomegranates.

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Bowl of Pomegranates

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a round vase banded in cobalt, orange, turquoise and green on an ochre foot, holding three red tulips on green stems.

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Vase of Tulips

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of two small handleless coffee cups side by side, each with a cobalt rim and a red and ochre carnation, over turquoise and orange panels on one and turquoise and green on the other.

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Two Coffee Cups

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a crescent moon split into ochre, turquoise, peach and orange panels, curling around one red tulip on a green stem with two sprigs.

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Ramadan Crescent

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a round turquoise plate holding three figs, the front one cut open to show its seeds, with a sprig of green and peach leaves behind them.

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Plate of Figs

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a round honey jar with an ochre lid and knob, painted in ochre, turquoise, red and green with one sage tulip, and a wooden honey dipper lying beside it.

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Honey Jar

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a shallow terracotta bowl heaped with yellow lemons, with green and turquoise sprigs rising behind them.

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Bowl of Lemons

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a round turquoise jar with an orange neck, two red handles and a pale ochre foot, painted with an olive branch of green sprigs and olives.

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Olive Oil Jar

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a standing sheep with pale ochre wool and a cobalt face, its fleece painted with tulips and a flower above a turquoise scalloped band, on four short orange legs.

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Painted Sheep

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a deep turquoise bowl painted with cobalt, green and peach flowers, full of orange lentil soup with a striped wooden spoon resting in it.

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Lentil Soup

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a tulip-shaped tea glass painted with a red tulip, with an orange rim and a green scalloped band, on a turquoise saucer.

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Glass of Tea

A hand-painted Levantine tile drawing in cobalt line of a thick slice of red watermelon with black seeds and a green rind, set in a cobalt outline with turquoise, ochre, orange and green tile panels around it.

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Watermelon Slice

The scenes in everyday designs

The same pack files, placed inside ordinary designs. These are examples of use, not client work.

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