Lot Essay
A tile of the same design is in the British Museum (Venetia Porter, Islamic Tiles, London, 1995, no.111, pp.118-9).
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SYRIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
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THREE DAMASCUS POTTERY BORDER TILES
SYRIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Each of rectangular form, the cobalt-blue ground of each with a strong design of meandering green and white arabesques interlaced with serrated turquoise leaves with central cloudbands, palmette vine above and below, upper and lower narrow black borders, slight chipping to edges
each approx 11 x 5¾in. (28 x 14.5cm.) (3)
SYRIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Each of rectangular form, the cobalt-blue ground of each with a strong design of meandering green and white arabesques interlaced with serrated turquoise leaves with central cloudbands, palmette vine above and below, upper and lower narrow black borders, slight chipping to edges
each approx 11 x 5¾in. (28 x 14.5cm.) (3)
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