Lot 22
22
FOUR BLACK AND TURQUOISE POTTERY BORDER TILES
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FOUR BLACK AND TURQUOISE POTTERY BORDER TILES

PROBABLY SYRIA, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

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FOUR BLACK AND TURQUOISE POTTERY BORDER TILES
PROBABLY SYRIA, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Each painted in black with a central arabesque cartouche surrounded by scrolling tendrils issuing flowerheads and arabesques, covered with a rich turquoise glaze, each slightly ground down
Each approx 8½ x 4½in. (21.5 x 11.5cm.) (4)
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Sale room notice
Please note that this lot has been incorrectly illustrated in the catalogue. The four tiles are illsutrated as lot 19 on page 16 of the catalogue.

Lot Essay

Four very similar tiles from the Sehmer Collection were sold in these Rooms, 27 April 2004, lot 211. Five further examples are in the Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf (J. Zick et al: Islamische Keramik, exhibition catalogue, Düsseldorf, 1973, no.352 (part), pp.240-241).

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