KONYA DISTRICT, CENTRAL ANATOLIA, 13TH CENTURY

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).

Fragments of similar Seljuk turquoise and manganese black tile mosaic decoration are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Venetia Porter, Islamic Tiles, London, London, 1995, pl.55, p.58). Another tile from the same mihrab was sold in these Rooms, 6 October 2011, lot 125.