Lot 203
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A PANEL OF ILKHANID PARTIALLY COBALT BLUE GLAZED POTTERY TILES
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A PANEL OF ILKHANID PARTIALLY COBALT BLUE GLAZED POTTERY TILES

NORTH WEST IRAN, LATE 13TH CENTURY

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A PANEL OF ILKHANID PARTIALLY COBALT BLUE GLAZED POTTERY TILES
NORTH WEST IRAN, LATE 13TH CENTURY
Comprising six square tiles each with a bold geometric design of raised unglazed ribs on a cobalt-blue ground, together with two upper border tiles with unglazed meandering leafy vine on blue ground, edges chipped, mounted together on board
25½ x 14½in. (64 x 35.5cm.)
Literature
Zick-Nissen, Johanna (et al): Islamische Keramik, exhibition catalogue, Düsseldorf, 1973, no.182, p.136.
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Lot Essay

This technique, contrasting unglazed ribs forming an intersecting geometric lattice against a glazed ground, although in a slightly different variety, is found in tiles from Takht-i Sulayman (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 1980, no.31, pp.74-5),

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