Lot 65R
A large Kashan lustre pottery star tile from the Imamzadeh Yahya at Veramin Persia, circa 1262
25 October 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £21,500 inc. premium
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A large Kashan lustre pottery star tile from the Imamzadeh Yahya at Veramin
Persia, circa 1262
Persia, circa 1262
in the form of an eight-pointed star, decorated in a golden brown lustre on a cream ground with a central cruciform motif surrounded by palmettes and split-palmettes interspersed by abstract vegetal motifs, the border with a band of inscription in naskhi
31.5 cm. diam.
31.5 cm. diam.
Footnotes
Inscriptions: Qur'an, chapters I (al-fatihah) and CXII (al-Ikhlas).
This tile is one of a group of 160 tiles which originally came from the Imamzadeh Yahya tomb in Veramin which were produced between October and December 1262 and are attributed to Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Tahir. Other examples are in the British Museum (G.452) and the Victoria & Albert Museum (1837L-1816). Two almost identical tiles from the same group were sold at Christie's Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 13 October 1998, lot 248, and another similar at Sotheby's Islamic Works of Art, Carpets and Textiles, 17 October 1984, lot 122.
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