Lot 143
A Timurid monochrome moulded pottery Niche Tile (muqarna) Persia, second half of 14th Century
7 October 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Timurid monochrome moulded pottery Niche Tile (muqarna)
Persia, second half of 14th Century
Persia, second half of 14th Century
of rectangular and concave form with pointed arched top, in a monochrome turquoise glaze, deeply carved with scrolling floral vines linked by central palmette motifs
31 cm. high
31 cm. high
Footnotes
Published: Michael Nelson, The Nazim Collection: The Architectural Tiles of the Timurids of Central Asia, London, 2007, pp. 32-37.
Both these tiles (lots 143 and 144) closely resemble those that line the walls of the funerary chamber in 'The Mausoleum of an Anomymous Woman' in Samarkand dating to 1360 (see Jean Soustiel and Yves Porter, Tombs of Paradise, Saint-Remy-en-L'Eau 2003, p. 87).
The present lot is accompanied by a French passport.