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TWO MOULDED TURQUOISE GLAZED MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION TILES
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TWO MOULDED TURQUOISE GLAZED MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION TILES

PROBABLY NISHAPUR, NORTH EAST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY

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TWO MOULDED TURQUOISE GLAZED MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION TILES
PROBABLY NISHAPUR, NORTH EAST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY
Each tile moulded with two completely three-dimensional kufic letters, one with mim and re, the other with sin and alif, shaped terminals, covered with an opaque turquoise glaze, chips to edges, re repaired, mounted in a wooden case
Overall 6¾ x 13 3/8in. (17 x 33cm.) (2)
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Lot Essay

Massive turquoise glazed inscriptions set against brick or unglazed pottery grounds are a feature of a number of mediaeval mosques in Iran (Pickett, Douglas: Early Persian Tilework, the Medieval flowering of Kashi, Cranbury NJ, London and Mississauga, 1977, pls. 6-15 for example). A tile which would have been an upper terminal to a similar inscription as is found here was sold at Sotheby's London, 13 April 2000, lot 72.

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