A KASHAN MOULDED LUSTRE, COBALT-BLUE AND TURQUOISE GLAZED RECTANGULAR TILE, the lower register with a cusped arched band of cobalt-blue naskh calligraphy between plain turquoise stripes enclosing a panel of arabesques, the spandrels with flying cranes and clouds, a lower border of stylised kufic, the upper register with floral sprays on a lustre ground, 14th century (lustre diminished, repaired) framed

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A KASHAN MOULDED LUSTRE, COBALT-BLUE AND TURQUOISE GLAZED RECTANGULAR TILE, the lower register with a cusped arched band of cobalt-blue naskh calligraphy between plain turquoise stripes enclosing a panel of arabesques, the spandrels with flying cranes and clouds, a lower border of stylised kufic, the upper register with floral sprays on a lustre ground, 14th century (lustre diminished, repaired) framed
10 x 10¾in. (25.4 x 27.3cm.)
Provenance
With Farhadi and Anavian, New York, November 1974

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