Lot 147
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A KASHAN LUSTRE, COBALT-BLUE AND TURQUOISE POTTERY STAR TILE
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A KASHAN LUSTRE, COBALT-BLUE AND TURQUOISE POTTERY STAR TILE

CENTRAL IRAN, DATED AH 680/1281-2 AD

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A KASHAN LUSTRE, COBALT-BLUE AND TURQUOISE POTTERY STAR TILE
CENTRAL IRAN, DATED AH 680/1281-2 AD
The field with floral sprays left in reserve on a lustre ground against the figure of a stylised turquoise horse with blue hooves and mane, a bold palmette spray behind, in a border of continuous naskh inscription including the date, intact
8in. (20.4cm.) across
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Lot Essay

The inscripton comprises a Persian quatrain followed by a couplet from the Shahnama of Firdawsi and the date given as "in the year ... and eighty", and with the figures 680 underneath. This appears to be a unique instance of a tile of its type being dated both in letters and figures.

Two similar tiles each depict a turquoise camel; one is in a private collection, the other in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Linda Komaroff and Stefano Carboni (eds.), The Legacy of Genghis Khan, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2002, no.118, fig.117, p.101).

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