Lot Essay
The inscription is from the beginning of the story of Siyavush in the shahnameh. For full details please see Melikian-Chirvani op.cit, p.15.
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PROBABLY FROM TAKHT-I SULAYMAN, WEST IRAN, CIRCA 1270-80
Details
AN ILKHANID MOULDED COBALT-BLUE, TURQUOISE AND LUSTRE POTTERY TILE
Probably from Takht-i Sulayman, West Iran, circa 1270-80
The square frieze tile with large lower register moulded with arabesques below a cusped turquoise outlined arch filled with blue inscriptions, the spandrels with simurghs, a border above of stylised kufic divided by palmettes, narrow lower border of simpler similar motifs, intact, lustre somewhat faded
11 7/8 x 12¼in. (30 x 31cm.)
Probably from Takht-i Sulayman, West Iran, circa 1270-80
The square frieze tile with large lower register moulded with arabesques below a cusped turquoise outlined arch filled with blue inscriptions, the spandrels with simurghs, a border above of stylised kufic divided by palmettes, narrow lower border of simpler similar motifs, intact, lustre somewhat faded
11 7/8 x 12¼in. (30 x 31cm.)
Provenance
Hagop Kevorkian, sold Parke Bernet, New York, 18 December 1970, lot 71
Dr Arthur Sackler, sold in these Rooms, 18 October 1994, lot 297.
Dr Arthur Sackler, sold in these Rooms, 18 October 1994, lot 297.
Literature
Melikian-Chirvani, A.S.: Les Frises du Shah Name dans l'architecture iranienne sous les ilkhan, Paris, 1996, fig.6, pp.14 and 95.
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