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TWO MOULDED COBALT-BLUE, TURQUOISE AND WHITE GLAZED POTTERY PILLARS
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TWO MOULDED COBALT-BLUE, TURQUOISE AND WHITE GLAZED POTTERY PILLARS

NORTH IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, FIRST QUARTER 14TH CENTURY

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TWO MOULDED COBALT-BLUE, TURQUOISE AND WHITE GLAZED POTTERY PILLARS
NORTH IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, FIRST QUARTER 14TH CENTURY
Each with rounded cylindrical face and unglazed rear portion, the blue ground of the face moulded with black-outlined white scrolling arabesques forming a lattice, the centres of the palmettes alternately filled with turquoise or manganese, traces of overglaze red enamel outlining and gold leaf decoration on the white arabesques, each intact, minimal chipping and very slight iridescence
Each 13 x 2½in. (33 x 6cm.)
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Lot Essay

Moulded pottery tiles showing similar characteristics to these two pillars are used in the mausoleum of Uljeitu dating from 1313-14 AD. The moulded white ribs, with details picked out in turquoise and manganese, all on a cobalt-blue ground can be seen in fragments still on the site (Pickett, Douglas: Early Persian Tilework, Cranbury, NJ, London and Missisuaga Ontario, 1997, pls.44 and 45). See also a small similar fragment (Komaroff, Linda and Carboni, Stefano: The Legacy of Genghis Khan, New York, 2002, no.122, fig.144, p.124).

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