Lot 336
Two Mughal cuerda seca pottery Tiles probably Lahore, AH 1054/ AD 1644(2)
10 April 2008, 14:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,400 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistTwo Mughal cuerda seca pottery Tiles
probably Lahore, AH 1054/ AD 1644
probably Lahore, AH 1054/ AD 1644
each decorated in manganese on a yellow ground with inscriptions
20 x 22 cm; 20.5 x 21.5 cm.(2)
20 x 22 cm; 20.5 x 21.5 cm.(2)
Footnotes
The inscriptions read: "God is eternal and everyone is perishable, AH 1054/ AD 1644".
For a similar tile in the David Collection, Copenhagen, see Kjeld von Folsach, Art from the World of Islam, Copenhagen, 2001, p. 196, no. 290; and a similar pair was sold at Sotheby's, Arts of the Islamic World, London, 5th April 2006, lot 142; and also Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 23rd October 2007, lot 357.