Lot Essay
A single tile from the same series is in the Keir Collection (B. W. Robinson (ed.): Islamic Art in the Keir Collection, London, 1988, no.C53, pp.196-7).
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NORTH IRAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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FIVE COMPOSITE KUBACHI POTTERY FIGURAL TILES
NORTH IRAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The white ground of each with a central cusped roundel containing a bust portrait of a figure holding a flower, in a cusped blue border of reserved white arabesques, each made up from fragments of the same original series of tiles, some missing areas
Each approx 7in. (18cm.) square (5)
NORTH IRAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The white ground of each with a central cusped roundel containing a bust portrait of a figure holding a flower, in a cusped blue border of reserved white arabesques, each made up from fragments of the same original series of tiles, some missing areas
Each approx 7in. (18cm.) square (5)
Provenance
The Madina Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
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