Lot Essay
The inscriptions are sections of arabic benedictory inscriptions, one of which is possible koranic.
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MOROCCO, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
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THIRTEEN ALMOHAD INSCRIPTION TILES
MOROCCO, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
From three partial inscriptions and a panel of interlaced arabesques, of red earthenware with dark manganese overglaze, the glaze cut away to leave a calligraphic inscription in relief against a ground of spiralling arabesques, the ground originally also whitened, various damages
Each approx 4 x 4in. (10 x 10.8cm.) (13)
MOROCCO, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
From three partial inscriptions and a panel of interlaced arabesques, of red earthenware with dark manganese overglaze, the glaze cut away to leave a calligraphic inscription in relief against a ground of spiralling arabesques, the ground originally also whitened, various damages
Each approx 4 x 4in. (10 x 10.8cm.) (13)