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Lot 126

A Damascus underglaze-painted pottery tile panel
Syria, 18th Century

26 October 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,812.50 inc. premium

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A Damascus underglaze-painted pottery tile panel
Syria, 18th Century

of rectangular form, comprising four tiles decorated in cobalt blue, green, turquoise, manganese and black on a white ground with a series of cypress trees interspersed by floral sprays and flowers issuing from vases, framed
95.7 x 27.2 cm. including frame

Footnotes

Similar tiles decorate the mausoleum of Mohi al-Din Arabi in Damascus and the house of Lockwood de Forest in New York. For another related tile see Arthur Milner, Damascus Tiles, London 2015, p. 302, Fig. 6.131.

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