Lot 122
122
A KASHAN MOULDED BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY TILE FINIAL
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A KASHAN MOULDED BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY TILE FINIAL

NORTH IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, FIRST QUARTER 14TH CENTURY

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A KASHAN MOULDED BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY TILE FINIAL
NORTH IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, FIRST QUARTER 14TH CENTURY
Rising from an unglazed base to an elegantly shaped waisted and pointed finial, the face moulded with an arabesque against a cobalt-blue ground within a simple raised white border, light iridescence
10 3/8in. (26.4cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Moulded pottery tiles showing similar characteristics to this finial are used in the mausoleum of Uljeitu dating from 1313-14 AD. The moulded white ribs, with details picked out in turquoise and manganese, all on a cobalt-blue ground can be seen in fragments still on the site (Douglas Pickett, Early Persian Tilework, Cranbury, NJ, London and Missisuaga Ontario, 1997, pls.44 and 45). See also a small similar shaped tile (Linda Komaroff and Stefano Carboni, The Legacy of Genghis Khan, New York, 2002, no.122, fig.144, p.124). Two closely related column tiles were sold in these Rooms from the Theodor Sehmer Collection, 27 April 2004, lot 231.

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