Lot 224
A pair of Zilig pottery Tiles Morocco, 13th/14th Century
10 April 2008, 14:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,800 inc. premium
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Morocco, 13th/14th Century
Morocco, 13th/14th Century
rectangular, the red-grey body decorated with a purplish-black glaze cut away to create the design in relief of a floral arabesque with confronted heart-shaped cusped palmettes and a stem bearing pointed leaves, mounted together
9.8 x 19.5 cm.
9.8 x 19.5 cm.
Footnotes
For a long frieze composed of similar tiles, see Maroc: Les Tresors du Royaume, Exhibition Catalogue, 15th April - 18th July 1999, pp. 156-57 and 160; and J J Hedgecoe and S S Damluki, Zilig: The Art of Moroccan Ceramics, 1992; and for a similar pair sold through these rooms, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 25th October 2007, lot 145.