IRAN, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

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A POST SAFAVID CUERDA SECA TILE PANEL
Iran, 18th or 19th century
Comprising thirty-six square tiles, the white ground painted in cobalt-blue, turquoise, black, pink and yellow with curving floral sprays and palmettes on a yellow ground issuing from a central cusped blue medallion with white nasta'liq inscription, three sides with a blue border of meandering flowering vine, some chips and repairs, six tiles replaced
44½in. (113cm.) square

Provenance

Anon sale in these Rooms, 19 October 1993, lot 166.

Literature

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Exhibited

Kestner Museum, Hannover, circa 1994 to 2002

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The inscription is one which is found on a number of city gateways in Iran:
I am the city of knowledge and 'Ali is its gate.

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