A SAFAVID POTTERY TILE PANEL

PROBABLY ISFAHAN, CENTRAL IRAN, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A SAFAVID POTTERY TILE PANEL
PROBABLY ISFAHAN, CENTRAL IRAN, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Comprising twenty-four tiles, the blue and white decoration with elegant interlocking floriated tendrils, the borders with floral scrolls, some mounted on pale backing, some chipped.
The largest tile 6 3/4in. (17c.) square (24)

Lot Essay

Identical tiles are used in the dado of the church of Saint Stephen in New Julfa, Isfahan (John Carswell, New Julfa, Oxford, 1968, p.43 and pl.29). Those examples are thought to date from the late 17th or 18th century.
A panel of identical tiles was sold at Christie's, London, 27 April 2004, lot 232

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