A PAIR OF MIRRORED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY TILES

Lot 30
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 30 | A PAIR OF MIRRORED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY TILES
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
A PAIR OF MIRRORED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY TILES
MUGHAL INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
The red body decorated in red, yellow, green, and chocolate brown pigment, the calligraphic composition mirrored along the vertical axis, the yellow border with a scrolling vine between green stripes, mounted together on a detachable stand
Together 17 x 29 3/8in. (43.3 x 74.7cm.)




Provenance

Anon sale, Sotheby's London, 15 October 1998, lot 107



Engraved

Qur'an III, sura al-'Imran, v.97 (part), ma man dakhalahu kana 'aminan, 'and whomever enters it would be safe'
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