Skip to main content
Lot 209*

A Mughal cuerda seca pottery Border Tile with chevron design
North India, 17th Century

8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £8,750 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Islamic and Indian Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

A Mughal cuerda seca pottery Border Tile with chevron design
North India, 17th Century

rectangular, with a central band of alternate yellow and cobalt-blue chevrons, within ochre brown borders, mounted
15.5 x 6.8 cm.

Footnotes

Provenance:
Private collection;
Acquired Simon Ray in 2008.

Although very unusual in Mughal tiles, chevron motifs appear in Indian textiles, stone and metalwork of the period, for example, on the collars of bidri hookah bases. In other parts of the Islamic world, chevron designs are also seen in late 16th and early 17th Century Iznik tiles, but those are in the underglaze technique, and generally red and blue on a white ground, such as lot 111A in the present sale.

Additional information