Live Auction 7898A Window On The Orient - A Distinguished Private Collection
FOUR BLACK AND TURQUOISE POTTERY BORDER TILES
Lot 285

FOUR BLACK AND TURQUOISE POTTERY BORDER TILES

OTTOMAN SYRIA, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

Closed4 November 2010

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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)

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

Specialist note

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).