Lot Essay
The inscriptions are Qur'anic; one tile has the last three suras of the Qur'an (cdii, cdiii, and cdiv)
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CENTRAL PERSIA, 1262-3 AD
Details
TWO LUSTRE TILES FROM THE IMAMZADEH YAHYA AT VERAMIN
CENTRAL PERSIA, 1262-3 AD
Each eight-pointed star tile painted in golden brown lustre with a central design of four split palmettes in reserve bisected by further split palmettes composed of lustre spirals, the plain white borders with a naskh lustre inscription, the reverse of one tile with the impression from the design of the tile below it in the kiln, each tile with one point restored
12in. (30.5cm.) across (2)
CENTRAL PERSIA, 1262-3 AD
Each eight-pointed star tile painted in golden brown lustre with a central design of four split palmettes in reserve bisected by further split palmettes composed of lustre spirals, the plain white borders with a naskh lustre inscription, the reverse of one tile with the impression from the design of the tile below it in the kiln, each tile with one point restored
12in. (30.5cm.) across (2)
Provenance
J.M.Drage, sold Christie's, London, 23 October 1972, lots 130 and 131 (to the present owner).