Lot Essay
An almost identical tile from the Ghiyathiyya Madrasa, Khargird, dateable to circa 1444 was exhibited in Washington and Los Angeles (Lentz, T. and Lowry, G.: Timur and the Princely Vision, Washington D.C., 1989, no.23, p.90). A large inscription tile panel of almost identical technique was sold in these Rooms, 27 April 1993, lot 154. That panel had been in the Collection of Henri René d'Allemagne who noted that he had acquired the tiles from the Masjid-i Jami' at Khvaf in North Eastern Persia. The mosque has been dated to between 1465 and 1502 (O'Kane, B.: Timurid Architecture in Khurasan, Costa Mesa, California, 1987, cat. no.26).