CENTRAL IRAN, 13TH CENTURY

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A LARGE KASHAN LUSTRE AND COBALT-BLUE MOULDED POTTERY TILE
CENTRAL IRAN, 13TH CENTURY
The lustre ground painted with spiral tendrils issuing arabesques and inhabited by various birds around a raised blue thuluth inscription, an upper register of moulded arabesque interlace, lower stylised kufic band, repaired breaks, some restoration
15 1/8 x 14¼in. (39 x 37cm.)

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Lot Essay

The inscriptions are parts of two couplets from the Shahnama of Firdawsi: The lords praising Kay Khosraw on his accession to the throne.
In all decorative details and script this tile matches "Frieze 10" defined by Dr. Melikian-Chirvani, except for the fact that the scrolling tendrils here are not moulded, in contrast to those from the series he defines (Melikian-Chirvani, A.S.: Les frises du shah name dans l'architecture iranienne sous les Ilkhan, Paris, 1996, pp.39-43, figs.27-30).

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