An Iznik polychrome pottery border Tile Turkey, circa 1550
A Damascus underglaze-painted pottery Border Tile
Syria, second half of the 16th Century
of rectangular form, the cobalt blue ground with meandering turquoise leaf morifs containing cloudband alternating with sage-green split palmettes, part palmettes at each side
29 x 14.8 cm.
Estimate:
£1,000 - 2,000
€1,200 - 2,400
US$ 1,500 - 3,000

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Property of a Gentleman; acquired Christie's, Important Islamic, Indian and South East Asian Manuscripts, Miniatures and Works of Art April 11, 1989 Lot 301.

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art


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