Lot Essay
A group of very similar tiles is discussed by John Carswell ('Six Tiles', in Ettinghausen, R. (ed.): Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1972, pp.99-124).
SYRIA, 15TH CENTURY
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A HEXAGONAL DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE
SYRIA, 15TH CENTURY
The white ground painted in cobalt-blue and black with two stylised leaves flanking a flowerhead interspersed with stylised vegetal motifs, chips to corners, glaze cracked, in wooden frame
6¾in. (17cm.) across
SYRIA, 15TH CENTURY
The white ground painted in cobalt-blue and black with two stylised leaves flanking a flowerhead interspersed with stylised vegetal motifs, chips to corners, glaze cracked, in wooden frame
6¾in. (17cm.) across