OTTOMAN SYRIA, CIRCA 1550

Details

A DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE
OTTOMAN SYRIA, CIRCA 1550
The cobalt-blue field with a central openwork panel issuing tendrils linking four radiating turquoise-ground arabesques interlacing through panels overlaying a secondary design of inverted palmettes linked by further tendrils, old central riveted break, slight rim chips
9 5/8in (24.3cm.) square

Provenance

Sold Htel Drouot, Paris, 26 October 1973, lot 104

Literature

Heidi Vollmoeller: Antike Kunst sale catalogue I. Autumn 1978

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Numerous design examples exist of the interplay of palmettes and arabesques on tiles, dating back to the beginning of the century as shown by the preceding lot. The present tile has the drawing and colour used in the middle of the 16th century. Whether it was made at Iznik, at Jerusalem, or at Damascus however is more difficult to say.

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