Lot Essay
For a short discussion on tiles decorated with ewers, see lot 17 and lot 21.
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DAMASCUS, SYRIA, CIRCA 1420-50
Details
A GROUP OF THREE MAMLUK HEXAGONAL POTTERY TILES
DAMASCUS, SYRIA, CIRCA 1420-50
The white ground of each painted in cobalt-blue, two with a single ewer and one tile with two confronted ewers
Largest 7 ½in. (19cm.) across
DAMASCUS, SYRIA, CIRCA 1420-50
The white ground of each painted in cobalt-blue, two with a single ewer and one tile with two confronted ewers
Largest 7 ½in. (19cm.) across
Provenance
Lockwood de Forest, late 19th century, and thence by descent to the present owner
Special notice
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