Lot 23
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A TURQUOISE AND COBALT-BLUE MOULDED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY BORDER TILE
A TURQUOISE AND COBALT-BLUE MOULDED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY BORDER TILE
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A TURQUOISE AND COBALT-BLUE MOULDED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY BORDER TILE

KASHAN, CENTRAL IRAN, 13TH/14TH CENTURY

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A TURQUOISE AND COBALT-BLUE MOULDED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY BORDER TILE
KASHAN, CENTRAL IRAN, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
The upper register with foliate palmettes, the cobalt-blue inscription lightly pitted, repaired breaks
12 x 12 ¾in. (30.5 x 32.4cm.)
Provenance
Andre Godard, Tehran, circa 1935-1937.
Claude Achille Clarac; sold by his estate, Haut Roche, Daguerre, 26 June 2016, lot 142
Engraved
[mu]tehafezin sahad, ‘those who were aware were awake’

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Lot Essay

Two particularly closely comparable Kashan tiles are in the Brooklyn Museum of Art (acc. no.42.212.58 and 42.212.57). A further example is recorded as being part of the Louvre collection (acc. no.MA2126). A very similar tile was sold in these Rooms, 7 October 2008, lot 74.

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