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A CENTRAL ASIAN CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE
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A CENTRAL ASIAN CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE

TRANSOXIANA, PROBABLY 14TH/15TH CENTURY

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A CENTRAL ASIAN CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE
Transoxiana, probably 14th/15th century
The square tile painted in blue, turquoise, red, yellow and green within black outlines with a foliated and knotted kufic inscription, plain band above and below, corners and edges chipped
10 7/8in. (27.7cm.) square
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Lot Essay

The inscription reads: al-mulk lillah (sovreignty belongs to God)

The style of calligraphy found here is taken directly from manuscript illumination of the period. The narrow kufic with knotted verticals and bent upper terminals are found in a number of manuscripts dating from the 15th century such as a magnificent frontispiece in the Russian National Library (Loukonine, Vladomir and Ivanov, Anatoli: L'Art persan, Bournemouth, 1995, no.158, pp.165 and 168).

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