Two Damascus underglaze-painted pottery Tiles
Syria, 16th Century
Syria, 16th Century
each square, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, green and black outline on a white ground, together depicting three trefoil motifs bearing symmetrical split-palmettes
each approx. 22.5 cm. square(2)
each approx. 22.5 cm. square(2)
Sold for
£3,360
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Alexander J. Choremi, Alexandria, assembled in the late 19th/ early 20th Century, probably from Gallery Kalebdjian, Paris; and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited: Exposition D'Art Musulman, Alexandria, Egypt, 1925.
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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