A LAJVARDINA MOULDED FRIEZE TILE of square form, the large lower register painted with white spiralling fine leafy vine on the blue ground around the raised inscription in fine thuluth outlined in red and originally painted in gold, narrow lower border of rope-motif, the upper register with similar white scrolling vine around palmettes and floral sprays, 14th century (repaired, one area of restoration)

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A LAJVARDINA MOULDED FRIEZE TILE of square form, the large lower register painted with white spiralling fine leafy vine on the blue ground around the raised inscription in fine thuluth outlined in red and originally painted in gold, narrow lower border of rope-motif, the upper register with similar white scrolling vine around palmettes and floral sprays, 14th century (repaired, one area of restoration)
13¼ x 12¾in. (33.6 x 32.2cm.)

Provenance

With Farhadi and Anavian, New York

Lot Essay

Tiles probably part of the same frieze are located in: The Victoria and Albert Museum, inv. no. 1521-1876 (Lane, A., Early Islamic Pottery, London, 1960, pl. 4c); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 91.1.1529 (Carboni, S. and Masuya, T. , Persian Tiles, New York, 1993, p. 34, no. 29); The British Museum, Godman Bequest (Islamic Pottery 800-1400 AD, exhibition catalogue Islamic Art Circle London, Victoria and Albert Museum, London , 1969, p. 44, no. 142).

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