IRAN, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A SAFAVID CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE
IRAN, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
The field completely covered with a serrated cobalt-blue and apple-green design of serrated chevrons, very slight chips to edges
9¼in. (23.3cm.) square

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Lot Essay

The Ottomans used similar designs to this tile occasionally, as in the panels under windows at the Selimye mosque in Edirne (Öney, Gönül: Turkish Tile Art, in Turkish, Istanbul, 1976, pl.p.88). The colours and technique however in the present tile indicate a Safavid rather than Ottoman provenance.

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