Lot 217
Two Timurid mosaic pottery Tile Panels Persia, 15th Century(2)
10 April 2008, 14:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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Find your local specialistTwo Timurid mosaic pottery Tile Panels
Persia, 15th Century
Persia, 15th Century
rectangular, decorated in blue, yellow, green and white with a large floral rosette, the petals bearing split-palmette motifs, the centre with a smaller flowerhead, the contours with further split-palmette motifs, framed
each 75 x 53 cm.(2)
each 75 x 53 cm.(2)
Footnotes
In order to form the mosaic panel, the fragments would first have been cut out of monochrome glazed pottery slabs and then assembled to form the decorative components. Tile mosaic was an extremely time-consuming technique and was very popular in this period. The tradition continued into the Safavid period, although Shah 'Abbas' impatience to see his religious monuments completed encouraged the greater use of the faster cuerda seca technique. For further information on this technique, see Venetia Porter, Islamic Tiles, London, 1995, pp. 65-76.