Lot Essay
A similar tile is in the Metropolitain Museum of Art, New York, published in Carboni, S and Masuya,T: Persian Tiles, The Metropolitain Museum of Art, New York, 1993, no. 26, p.31.
The unusual design of two confronted peacocks on the reverse is also found on a bronze dish formerly in the Kevorkian Collection and now on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum dated to the 15th century (Melikian-Chirvani, A.S.: Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World, 8th-18th centuries, London, 1982, fig.64, p.243
The unusual design of two confronted peacocks on the reverse is also found on a bronze dish formerly in the Kevorkian Collection and now on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum dated to the 15th century (Melikian-Chirvani, A.S.: Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World, 8th-18th centuries, London, 1982, fig.64, p.243