Lot 244
244
TWO MUGHAL CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILES
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more
TWO MUGHAL CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILES

PROBABLY KASHMIR OR LAHORE, NORTH INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

Details
TWO MUGHAL CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILES
PROBABLY KASHMIR OR LAHORE, NORTH INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
From a larger composition, together with a terracotta plinth filed with scrolling yellow arabesques below the base of a similarly coloured vase, all on a green ground with scrolling yellow tendrils terminating in leaves intertwined with white arabesques, slight chipping to edges
Together 8 1/8 x 14¾in. (20.6 x 37.3cm.) (2)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Five similar tiles and tile fragments were recently on the London market (Ray, Simon: Indian and Islamic Works of Art, London, 2002,, nos.24-27, pp.38-45). The copious catalogue entries there give many references to publications of these rare tiles.

More from Islamic Art & Manuscripts Including Property from The

View All
View All