A large Iznik calligraphic pottery Tile, Turkey, dated 1600
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An important Iznik calligraphic pottery Tile
Turkey, dated AH 1007/ AD 1598-9
rectangular, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise, raised-red and green on a white ground, the central field comprising three cartouches filled with blue thuluth inscription, the bottom line with a floral arabesque medallion at each end, the interspaces filled with arabesques, all within an acanthus border
39 x 67 cm.
Sold for £72,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The inscription reads: "This mosque was built, asking for God's Blessing and seeking His Mercy/ Al-Hajj Mustafa bin Mohammed, better known as Kamashali-Zadeh/ Date Sanat AH 1007/ AD 1598-9".

Auction Notices

  • Note on provenance: Beurdelay Gallery, Paris, 1967; previously in a private French collection of Oriental art.

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art

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