KASHAN, CENTRAL IRAN, 13TH CENTURY

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A MOULDED LUSTRE AND COBALT-BLUE POTTERY BORDER TILE
KASHAN, CENTRAL IRAN, 13TH CENTURY
The main register with golden brown lustre ground with scrolling floral tendril around a strong and monumental moulded cobalt-blue naskh inscription, border above with a repeated design of foliated palmettes with cobalt highlights
10 ¾ x 10in. (27.5 x 25.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

Comparable large calligraphic lustre tiles can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv.1484A-1876) and the British Museum (inv.G.195 and OA+.1122) .Those tiles would border large composition, especially prayer niches (mihrabs) and cenotaphs or highlight architectural devices such as spandrels (Victoria and Albert Museum, 466-1888).

A similar tile, though from the Shrine of ‘Abd al-Samad in Natanz is offered at Christie’s, King Street, 26 April 2017, lot 9.

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