A KASHAN MOULDED LUSTRE AND COBALT-BLUE POTTERY TILE SPANDREL FRAGMENT

Lot 9
01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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£ 25 000
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Lot 9 | A KASHAN MOULDED LUSTRE AND COBALT-BLUE POTTERY TILE SPANDREL FRAGMENT
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
A KASHAN MOULDED LUSTRE AND COBALT-BLUE POTTERY TILE SPANDREL FRAGMENT
IRAN, EARLY 14TH CENTURY
Moulded with cobalt-blue scrolling vine, the ground with flowers and birds against a dark lustre ground, a white band between cobalt-blue borders along the upper edge containing an inscription in brown naskh, the lower side of the tile decorated with vegetal motifs in lustre against a white ground
8 ¼ x 10 ¼in. (21 x 26cm.)




Provenance

Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, 1. Auktion 1975 Antike Kunst, Zurich, 1975, no. 259



Engraved

The upper band: Qur'an XXXVI, sura ya-sin, vv.36-38 (part)



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