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A CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE
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A CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE

PROBABLY SAFAVID, IRAN, 17TH CENTURY

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A CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE
PROBABLY SAFAVID, IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Depicting a three-dimensional cube made of square struts, the faces painted in blue, green, yellow and white glaze, slight bubbling of glaze, edges lightly chipped, mounted on board
8in. (20cm.) across
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Lot Essay

The only close comparable piece to this most unusual tile is an unpublished hemispherical octagonal faceted ceramic boss where each of the eight segments is glazed in the same colours and glaze surface to those found here (formerly Madina Collection, New York and now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art).

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