FOUR BLACK AND TURQUOISE POTTERY BORDER TILES

OTTOMAN SYRIA, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

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FOUR BLACK AND TURQUOISE POTTERY BORDER TILES
OTTOMAN SYRIA, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Each painted in black with a central arabesque cartouche surrounded by scrolling tendrils issuing flowerheads and arabesques, covered with a rich turquoise glaze, each slightly ground down, small chips to the edges, otherwise intact
Each approx 8 x 4 in. (21.5 x 11.5 cm.) (4)

Provenance

Sold Christie's London, 12 October 2004, lot 22.

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Lot Essay

Four very similar tiles from the Sehmer Collection were sold in these Rooms, 27 April 2004, lot 211. Five further examples are in the Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf (J. Zick et al, Islamische Keramik, ex. cat., Düsseldorf, 1973, no. 352 (part), pp. 240-241).

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