A SELJUK POTTERY TILE MOSAIC BORDER PANEL

KONYA, CENTRAL TURKEY, THIRD QUARTER 13TH CENTURY

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A SELJUK POTTERY TILE MOSAIC BORDER PANEL
KONYA, CENTRAL TURKEY, THIRD QUARTER 13TH CENTURY
Of near rectangular form, the turquoise blue ground decorated with an elegant band of continous dark manganese trefoil palmettes with scrolling terminals, a plain manganese border above, minor losses and areas of repainting
6 5/8 x 11¾in. (16.9 x 29.1cm.)

Provenance

European collection since 1920s.

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Lot Essay

This tile mosaic panel most probably originates from the mihrab of the Bey Hakim mosque, the majority of which is now reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin (Jens Kröger and Désirée Haider, Islamische Kunst in berliner Sammungen, Berlin, 2004, no.32, p.50). The Bey Hakim mosque was founded by the favourite physician of the Seljuq Sultan Kiliç Arslan IV (d. AH 665/1255 AD).

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