ID 1306420
Lot 30 | A PAIR OF MIRRORED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY TILES
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
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'
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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